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Abstract :
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Despite
their numbers and the often hazardous nature of their work, children working in
agriculture have received surprisingly little research attention. Aggregate
estimates of children agriculture are available for most countries, but far fewer countries have detailed
information on the agriculture sub-sectors where they work, the modalities of
their farm work, the specific tasks performed, the hazards they face, or the
their relative importance in agricultural production. These and other information gaps serve to
limit understanding of the role of children in the agriculture sector and
impede the development of informed and well-targeted policy responses.
The current
report forms part of a broader effort aimed at filling these knowledge gaps.
Making use of data from the new World Bank Living Standard Measurement
Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture Initiative (LSMS-ISA), the report assesses the extent, nature and
relative importance of child and youth employment in smallholder agriculture in
four Sub-Saharan Africa countries (i.e., Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria and
Tanzania). The study is descriptive in nature, aimed at paving the way for more
in-depth research using more advanced instruments in a subsequent research
phase.
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