Resources on Agriculture, plantations, and other rural sectors

  1. Dairy cooperatives in Mozambique benefit from ILO training tools

    In strengthening dairy cooperatives in Mozambique, Coopermondo has been using the ILO tools Think.Coop and Start.Coop in the framework of the SALsA project.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. COVID-19 and agricultural investments in Africa: the year 2020 in review

    The ILO’s Social Finance Programme has collaborated with the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund (AATIF) since 2012, developing knowledge to improve the social impact of agricultural investments. In this article, we reflect on the last 12 months of embracing the realities of COVID-19 and our continued work on capacity building, sustainability management and impact measurement.

  5. Increasing resilience, strengthening risk management capacity and improving livelihoods of poor rural households

  6. Training of Trainers Workshop on cooperative development for the elimination of child labour conducted in Mali

    The ILO’s Cooperatives Unit and its FUNDAMENTALS Branch joined forces to organize a TOT workshop on cooperative development for the elimination of child labour in Mali in select supply chains

  7. ILO COOP participates in Annual Summit organized by the Cooperative Bank of South Sudan

    The Summit organized by the Cooperative Bank of South Sudan took place on 17 June 2021 bringing government officials, representatives from donor organizations, NGOs, international development partners, cooperative societies as well as youth.

  8. AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa

    The African Union, ILO and UNICEF organized a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, to discuss strategies to address child labour, taking a holistic and systemic approach based on the 2020 Global Estimates on Child Labour and related recommendations, which had been launched by the ILO and UNICEF on 10 June.

  9. Sustainable supply chains to build forward better

    Advancing decent work in five global supply chains of key importance to the European Union for a fair, resilient, and sustainable COVID-19 crisis recovery

  10. ILO Supports Nigeria's Response to Child Labour Emergency

    Nigeria has set the wheels in motion for a remarkable International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour (IYECL) 2021 with the validation of the second cycle of its National Policy on the Elimination of Child Labour and the launch of the National Action Plan (NAP) for the elimination of child labour (2021-2025)