Resources on Agriculture, plantations, and other rural sectors

  1. 5 ways governments can support agriculture insurance

    Agricultural insurance can play an important role in securing farmers’ livelihoods and boosting the efficiency of the agricultural sector, but access to agricultural insurance remains low.

  2. How Peruvian quinoa farmers have boosted their income

    The Andean Grains Programme – a joint ILO-FAO-UNESCO initiative – not only improved the livelihoods of organic quinoa producers but also contributed to the economic empowerment of women.

  3. Better skills and more formal employment for Syrian refugees

    A new ILO project supporting the objectives of the London Syria conference aims to build skills and formalize employment status among Syrian refugees in Jordan’s construction and agricultural sectors, and improve job prospects for Jordanians in local communities hosting the refugees.

  4. © 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.

  5. Helping Syrian refugees formalize their work status through cooperatives

    The ILO is working with agricultural cooperatives to help Syrian refugees obtain work permits during a three-month grace period announced by the government of Jordan, in a further step to improve access of Syrian refugees to the formal labour market.

  6. Child labour in agriculture

    Children all over the world are being exploited, prevented from going to school, or pushed into work that endangers their health and normal development. In many regions, child labour is found mainly in agricultural contexts, where fatalities, severe accidents and diseases are common.

  7. © ILO/Khalil Al Jermi 2022
    Irrigation projects aim to ease strain of Syria refugee crisis in Jordan

    A labour-intensive ILO initiative to develop water catchment and drip irrigation systems is playing a pivotal role in creating decent work opportunities in northern Jordan.

  8. © 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.

  9. “No to child labour in Turkey’s hazelnut gardens”

    An ILO project prioritizes education as the main instrument to eliminate child labour in the country’s seasonal agriculture. So far, more than 1,200 children have benefitted from the project.

  10. © Alex Berger 2022
    Zambia: How to tackle four development goals in a single project

    A new ILO-FAO agricultural employment project underway in Zambia aims to create 3000 additional decent jobs for rural youth, increase their incomes and tackle nutritional deficiencies. In so doing, it works towards four of the new sustainable development goals.