Resources on Agriculture, plantations, and other rural sectors

  1. ILO supporting apiculture farmers in Kenya to find opportunity in crisis

    To meet the increased demand of honey during COVID-19, the ILO and its partners provided timely guidance to the apiculture farmers in Garissa, Kenya, improving their production and income.

  2. ILO’s ACCEL Africa Project Empowers Cooperatives in Nigeria’s Cocoa Value Chain

    In Nigeria, the ILO’s ACCEL Africa Project is extending partnerships for the elimination of child labour and forced labour. The project strengthens support systems for farmers especially in the cocoa value chain, where child labour is prevalent.

  3. ILO contributes a message on cooperatives at the Urban and Rural Development Week of EXPO2020 Dubai

  4. Honey and cheese cooperatives created in Cahul district in Moldova, with ILO’s support

    In Cahul district, Moldova, the public-private Local Employment Partnership (LEP) funded by the ILO and local stakeholders, supported the creation of two cooperatives processing honey and cheese.

  5. Prepping for Water Infrastructure Initiatives in target localities

    In September 2020, ILO engineers visited West Kordofan and East Darfur to develop bills of quantities to prioritize between different water-infrastructure projects.

  6. Launch of My.Coop Smart

    My.Coop Smart, an online self-paced learning tool of My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperatives, has been launched.

  7. National consultation workshop on Start.Coop in Cambodia

    A national consultation workshop on ILO’s Start.Coop training tool was organized with over 64 officials from the government and civil society organizations that support the development of agricultural cooperatives.

  8. Analysis of the situation and evaluation of the needs of cooperative societies of cotton producers in Burkina Faso for the promotion of fundamental principles and rights at work

  9. Training of trainers on Think.Coop and Start.Coop in Comoros

  10. Roll-out of Think.Coop continues in Turkey, now also extending to rural areas

    ILO’s Think.Coop training tool has been rolled out in Turkey by Youth Deal Cooperative - Turkey’s first youth-led social cooperative that aims to provide sustainable employment solutions for disadvantaged groups including youth.