Resources on Food, drink, and tobaco sector

  1. Market systems analysis of the food service sector for employment inclusion of refugees in Egypt

    14 June 2023

    This study explores the food services and restaurants sector in Cairo, Alexandria and Damietta regions of the Egypt in terms of key market constraints for SME's growth and the creation of more and better jobs for urban refugees, youth and host communities.

  2. Exploring decent work in the pharmaceutical industry: Job creation in the production of medical cannabis in Lesotho and Zimbabwe

    11 May 2022

    Is medical cannabis really capable of making a difference for poor countries in terms of growth and job creation? This book seeks to determine whether medical cannabis can indeed create jobs and wealth, notably in comparison with tobacco, for which the medicinal plant is deemed to be a viable substitute crop.

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. Sectoral Studies on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains

    27 May 2016

    Comparative Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges for Social and Economic Upgrading

  6. 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

  7. 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.

  8. Skills Policies for Economic Diversification in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

    08 June 2012

    Enhancing local skills policies for the food and tourism sectors

  9. Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification in Bangladesh: The Case of Pharmaceuticals and Agro-Food

    25 January 2012

    Final Report on Skills and Economic Diversification for the Pharma and Agro-Food Sectors in Bangladesh

  10. Food, Drink and Tobacco Country Profile - Indonesia

    01 January 2011