Resources on Agriculture, plantations, and other rural sectors

  1. Navigating hardship: Lebanon's agricultural workers in the absence of social protection

    The story of Tony Al Hazoury and his struggle for a decent life.

  2. Navigating hardship: Lebanon's agricultural workers in the absence of social protection

    No rest in old age. The story of Chawki Boustani, who is still farming at 91.

  3. Comprehensive Skills Training and Veterinary Services Elevate Lebanon's Dairy Farms for Decent Work

  4. Agreement paves way for Municipal Community Infrastructure projects in middle and northern Jordan

    The ILO signs a new implementation agreement with Jordan’s Ministry of Local Administration to implement Municipal Community Infrastructure projects in 15 municipalities to create sustainable infrastructure and decent paid employment using employment intensive investment program approach in the sixth phase of the EIIP program Jordan funded by the German government (BMZ) through the German Development Bank (KfW).

  5. Children leave work, return to school and gain access to safe spaces through ILO project in Jordan

    Through the establishment of local committees and centres across Jordan, the ILO has been addressing child labour in the country’s agricultural sector. It supported communities and families to send hundreds of Jordanians and Syrian refugee children back to school, and provided them with access to support services.

  6. New agricultural sector OSH guide and training launched in Lebanon

    The ILO “Occupational Safety and Health Guide in Agriculture” is set to increase OSH efficiency and boost the provision of safe workplaces to guarantee the workers’ health and the sector’s productivity

  7. Signing of Implementation Agreement between the ILO-EIIP-KfW Project and the Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan

    ILO in Jordan signs a new Implementation agreement with Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan for the afforestation of 1,750 dunums (175 Ha) in 4 Governorates namely Irbid, Jerash, Ajloun an Al Balqa.

  8. Shadia and Sahar: How decent work has changed their lives in Jordan

    An almost three-year ILO intervention across six cooperatives in Jordan has brought about tangible changes to the lives of thousands Jordanian and Syrian refugee agricultural workers in Jordan. Listen to the words of Shadia and Sahar on the matter.

  9. Gender Awareness Workshop for Ministry of Agriculture and the directorates under EIIP Project Phase VI

    The EIIP project funded by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the German Development Bank (KfW) was launched in Jordan in 2016 in response to the Syrian crisis and to provide support to the Jordanian Government in facing the challenges related to the influx of refugees. It focuses on increasing short term employment through improving infrastructure and the environment, and to providing youth with skills that will assist them in securing longer-term job opportunities.

  10. Results of pilot trials on greenhouse productivity and working condition with 12 selected farmers in Akkar and the Bekaa