Improving Occupational Safety and Health and Access to Social Protection for Workers In the Agri-Business Sectors

An estimated 1.3 billion people worldwide work in the agriculture sector around the world. Most work on family operated farms. Many countries have expanded social health protection coverage. However, gaps in coverage disproportionately affect those whose incomes depend on agriculture and in some countries workers and their families are not included in the legal provisions of any social health protection mechanisms. Women in rural areas often carry the triple burden of household and family care, subsistence agriculture and additional cash-generating activities. These challenges are prevalent in Kenya and Cote D’Ivoire where Eni is developing projects to produce vegetable oil for biorefining from agri-feedstocks, such as castor and rubber seeds, that are not used in the food chain. It is in this context that the ILO and ENI decided to join forces to support the improvement of occupational safety and health and access to social health protection for workers in the agri-business supply chain of selected countries. The project works with Government, employers’ and workers’ organizations to develop and implement strategies to improve OSH and access to social health protection for workers in the agri-business sectors; empower employers, workers and their representatives in the agri-business sectors to improve OSH practices and enhance social protection coverage of workers in the agri-business, in particular in the area of social health protection. It is estimated that 50,000 farmers in Kenya and 100,000 in Côte d'Ivoire benefit from the initiative part of the Global ILO flagship programmes Safety + Health for All , which aims to improve the safety and health of workers worldwide, and Social Protection Floors for All , which supports the implementation of social protection systems.

Project symbol

GLO/23/52/ENI

Admin unit

OSHE

Start date

01/12/2023

End date

30/11/2028

Total allocation

905924

Total expenditure

Status

Active

284356

Development Partners

Eni S.p.A.

Country/Countries

Global

Outcomes

Outcome 6: Protection at work for all
Outcome 7: Universal social protection