Resources on Agriculture, plantations, and other rural sectors

  1. © Tabitha Ross 2022
    Refugee crisis: Child Labour in agriculture on the rise in Lebanon

    Host to hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled the war in neighbouring Syria, Lebanon has witnessed a rise in child labour in recent years, largely in the hazardous agricultural sector.

  2. © Alia Haju/ILO 2022
    Women in agriculture: Cooking their way to empowerment and visibility

    An ILO initiative in north Lebanon is training women on food preparation and marketing, to help them make a living, market excess produce, and carve a visible role for themselves in the agricultural sector.

  3. © ILO Arab States 2022
    Lebanese farmers pay heavy price for Syrian crisis

    The tranquillity of Lebanon's fertile north belies a brewing crisis. Just two miles from Syria and its civil war, local farmers say the conflict has been disastrous for business