Pesticide management and child labour prevention
Children are exposed to pesticides through their work or involvement in agricultural activities, which can harm their health and development. This course explains how children are exposed, why children are more vulnerable than adults to exposure and the negative impacts. Moreover, it identifies specific actions related to pesticide management that can take child labour into account and reduce children's exposure to pesticides. It aims to build specific skills, depending on work-related responsibilities and tasks, by providing concrete ideas and guidance that can be applied in real life situations.
Duration: 2 hours Publication Date: October 2016
- Portuguese (downloadable version)File 71MB Archive (ZIP)
System Requirements
For the online version of this course it is necessary to have the Adobe Flash player installed and enabled in your browser. Please be aware that the course is not supported by iOS (iPad or iPhone).
The downloadable version only runs on Windows PC’s and no additional software is needed.
Audience
The course is tailored to meet the information needs of:
- policy-makers and advisors;
- programme designers and implementers;
- researchers and statisticians; and
- pesticide registrars and control boards
within, for example, ministries of agriculture, environment or health; producers organizations; private sector enterprises, NGOs or FAO.
- policy-makers and advisors;
You will learn about
- Recognizing how children are exposed to pesticides
- Why children are more vulnerable than adults to pesticide exposure
- Negative impacts of exposure
- How to identify specific actions related to pesticide management
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