As part of PERIPLO, Verité presents this report, which seeks to answer the question: How can farmers meet 21st-century challenges head on and improve productivity and profitability by engaging with farmworkers? Farm management practices must evolve to address today's challenges, including labor shortages and changing market demands. When farmworkers participate [...]
The agricultural industry is a cornerstone of the economy in Latin America and the Caribbean, but it faces structural challenges when it comes to human rights and environmental sustainability. Human rights due diligence is key to preventing and mitigating negative impacts in these areas, by ensuring that companies not only [...]
In this report, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre analyzes the agro-industrial context in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. This sector employs thousands of agricultural workers, including migrants from Central America and indigenous people, in the production of coffee, cocoa and sugar cane. The report contains: Analysis of the [...]
Introduction Until now, working conditions in the agricultural sector have historically been precarious, regardless of the agricultural holding size. A distinctive feature of this sector is that in view of the increase in the specialized workforce at specific times of the year and the impact that climate and environment have [...]
As many as 94 percent of day laborers work with no contract It is crucial that consumers actively intervene for working conditions to improve for migrant agricultural workers Fundación Avina and its PERIPLO Project launched the Voltea al campo (Turn around and look at the land) campaign, initiating a public [...]
By: Helene Saadoun / Business & Human Rights Resource Centre The protection of migrant workers by companies who employ them or benefit from them through their supply chain labour is not only essential but also feasible. Migrant workers from Latin America are pivotal to economic development in both their home [...]
