Resources on Food, drink, and tobaco sector

Improving conditions in tea plantations in Assam

05 March 2018

Investigating the tea value chain to upgrade working conditions for communities in the Assam region of India

Improving conditions in tea plantations in Assam

05 March 2018

In collaboration with Fairtrade Foundation and key industry stakeholders, the Lab undertook a market system analysis in Assam to understand the key working and living condition challenges on plantations and develop a set of recommendations to address these. The report explores low wages and poor working conditions alongside low worker productivity.

Sectoral Studies on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains

27 May 2016

Comparative Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges for Social and Economic Upgrading

Combating the worst forms of child labour in shrimp and seafood processing areas of Thailand (Final evaluation summary)

01 July 2015

Project: THA/10/50/USA - Evaluation Consultants: Amy Catherine Jersild, Nantaporn Ieumwananonthachai and Piyanut Kotsan

Tobacco Sector - Employment Statistical Update

15 December 2014

In 2003 the ILO organized a Tripartite Meeting on the Future of Employment in the Tobacco Sector. The meeting highlighted the importance of timely information in order to monitor significant changes in employment trends and working conditions in the tobacco sector and called upon the Office to undertake further research to keep ILO constituents informed about emerging changes affecting the labour market in this sector.