Child Labor in Agriculture: Some New Developments to an Ancient Problem

ABSTRACT

Advocates for working children worldwide strive to eradicate the employment that minimizes a child's opportunities for education, good health and future potential. In agriculture, some promising developments in corporate social responsibility may generate partial solutions to child labor problems that have persisted for generations across world regions where food, fiber and fuel are produced. The purpose of this paper is to review these promising developments and propose recommendations in the context of a future of continued agricultural globalization and industrialization.

Keywords:

• Agriculture
• child labor
• corporate social responsibility
• globalization
• international child labor
• International Labour Organization