Small farmers to benefit from new occupational safety and health partnership

A pioneering global initiative to improve occupational safety and health (OSH) and health protection access for small farmers in agro-industries has been launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the global integrated energy company Eni. The initiative aims to increase social protection coverage for farmers in the agribusiness sector in Kenya and Côte d’Ivoire, where Eni is developing agri-feedstock projects to produce vegetable oil not in competition with the food value chain to supply the biorefineries. In this regard, ILO will carry out an assessment that will identify potential areas of improvement and recommendations to further promote occupational safety and health (OSH), along the agricultural value chain, respectively for castor farmers in Kenya and rubber farmers in Côte d’Ivoire.

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