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. 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.

  4. © ILO 2024
    I was a child labourer, now I work to prevent it

    Daniel Berruezo knows first-hand what child labour is. He worked from the age of seven in Argentina’s tobacco sector in the province of Salta. Now he is part of a regional effort to eliminate child labour through his work at Salta’s Ministry of Labour.

  5. © Jules Rahman Ong / ILO 2024
    We lost our precious forest but found a way to survive

    Mining and deforestation have destroyed the Orang Asli indigenous peoples’ way of life in Peninsular Malaysia. Maimun is helping to restore her people’s connection to the land through a community organic vegetable farm that is giving them a sustainable livelihood.

  6. 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.

  7. Financial education: the role of insurance

    When thinking about financial education, topics like savings, managing expenses, budgeting, investing or accessing credit may come to mind. However, insurance is another important, yet complicated financial product, that is worth considering.

  8. © Francisco Castillo / ILO 2024
    I'm ripping up the myths about disability

    Alfredo Carrasco lost the use of his legs after a biking accident. Determined to return to his love of farming, he found ways to make his family’s farm in Chile more accessible, while also helping other farmers working with a disability.

  9. Younis Sbeih, National Project Officer on Cooperatives for the Cooperative Support Programme (CSP), ILO Ramallah

    COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future aspirations.

  10. © Muse Zerihun / ILO 2024
    We won’t need to beg for water anymore

    Yasin Muhumad Faarah, an Ethiopian farmer, lost all his cattle in a recent drought. Without a regular supply of water, his future livelihood and that of other members of the community was in jeopardy. Together they built a water collection basin that promises a viable future for them all.