Promoting productive rural employment

Encouraging efficient use of rural labour
Expanding farm related work

Description

Promoting productive rural employment involves implementing targeted measures to create sustainable job opportunities in rural areas, addressing underemployment, poverty, and migration. Key actions include supporting rural enterprises, improving access to training and resources, enhancing infrastructure, and fostering value-added agricultural and non-farm activities. This strategy aims to boost local economies, increase incomes, and strengthen community resilience by remedying limited job prospects and reducing rural-urban disparities through practical, inclusive employment solutions.

Implementation

ILO advises on the design of rural development policies and development projects so as to make them more cost-effective and sustainable. The intent is to promote productive employment and reduce poverty for men and women in the farm and non-farm sectors of rural areas.

Claim

Encouraging the efficient use of rural labour and promoting agricultural growth are the most important means of reducing rural underemployment in lower income countries.