Cost of recruitment in the Indonesia–Malaysia migration corridor: Employer perspectives from participating plantation companies

This study looks into the recruitment costs borne by select companies that employ migrant workers in Malaysian palm oil plantations. It examines the companies’ roles and the processes involved in the recruitment of migrant workers; identifies the costs borne by these companies; and identifies good practices and areas for improvement.

The state of horticulture in Lebanon

This ILO PROSPECTS report summarizes results of a recently conducted baseline survey of horticulture farmers, workers and wholesalers in Lebanon’s Akkar and Baalbeck-Hermel regions. It serves as a baseline for ILO’s Approach to Inclusive Market Systems (AIMS) component that seeks to unlock opportunities for decent job opportunities in Lebanon’s horticulture sector.

Conducting Occupational Safety and Health Inspections in Agricultural Undertakings - A guide for labour Inspectors

Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers, Refugees, and their Families: Guide for Policymakers and Practitioners

This new ILO global Guide provides an overview of policy options and country practices to extend social protection to migrant workers, refugees and their families.

WIND Training Manual Work Improvement in Neighbourhood Development. Practical approaches for improving safety, health and working conditions in agriculture

The WIND Training Manual is therefore designed to help small-scale farmers and their families improve safety and health in their work and their daily lives. The uniqueness of the WIND approach is that it enables the voluntary improvement of working and living conditions through the active participation of farmers, their families and the members of their communities. It focuses on simple and practical solutions that can be achieved using locally available, low-cost materials.

WIND Instructor's Manual Work Improvement in Neighbourhood Development. Practical approaches for improving safety, health and working conditions in agriculture

The WIND training programme has given farmers around the world an opportunity to improve their safety and health and has even been incorporated into national policies on OSH in many countries. This approach is especially suitable for training small-scale farmers to propose and make immediate improvements in their daily lives, focusing on low-cost and locally sustainable measures and materials.

More is more. Livelihood interventions and child labor in the agricultural sector

This paper presents the results of two randomized livelihood intervention programmes aimed to reduce child labor, particularly in its most exploitative forms, in rural areas of Peru and the Philippines. It assess whether livelihood support interventions are effective in reducing child labor in rural areas; and whether combining livelihood support with education interventions and awareness-raising components makes the programmes more effective.

Improving occupational safety and health in the global coffee value chain in Honduras: Drivers and constraints

As part of a project on the coffee value chain in Honduras funded by the VZF with resources provided by the European Commission, a study was conducted to identify the drivers and constraints affecting OSH and to recommend a number of interventions based on social dialogue.

Paving the way for better jobs and improving livelihoods for refugees and host communities in Arua, Uganda

An Approach to Inclusive Market Systems (AIMS) for Refugees and Host Communities.

Unlocking Opportunities for decent job creation in Lebanon's Horticulture sector

A market system analysis of the horticulture sector with a view to promoting livelihoods of Lebanese host communities and Syrian refugees