Introduction to child labour in agriculture

The course will contribute to the capacity development of:

• policy makers and advisors of agricultural related policy,
• agricultural programme designers and implementers,
• agricultural producer organizations,
• agricultural researchers, and
• agricultural statisticians,

who wish and need to know more about tackling child labour in agriculture.

• The importance of how agricultural stakeholders help prevent and reduce child labour and the foundation for understanding child labour in agriculture.
  
• How the vicious cycle of child labour and poverty can be changed into a virtuous cycle.
  
• Hazardous work for children and how risk assessments and protection measures can be established for safer and healthier conditions.
  

The course consists of  3  lessons, ranging from approximately  30  to  60  minutes duration each:

• Lesson 1 – Overview of the course
• Lesson 2 – Child labour in agriculture
• Lesson 3 – Hazardous work and agriculture

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The downloadable version only runs on Windows PC’s and no additional software is needed.