Estimating global and country-level employment in agrifood systemsFood & Agriculture Org., 20/02/2023 - 70 páginas Global and national policy discourse and agendas are moving beyond traditional silos of agriculture, nutrition, health, and climate change to address the challenges facing agrifood systems (AFS). In this paper, we use international labour force statistics to provide the first systematic and documented global estimate quantifying the total number of people employed in AFS. We estimate that 1.23 billion people are employed in AFS and that 3.83 billion people worldwide live in households linked to AFS-based livelihoods. However, international labour force statistics focus on the main labour activity in the last seven days and are likely to undercount the total number of people who are engaged in AFS. Using household survey data from the harmonized multi-country Rural Livelihoods Information System (RuLIS) database, we find that the number of people engaged in AFS is on average 24 percent higher than employment defined only by the main labour activity. This analysis shows the relevance of counting secondary jobs and household farming activities to identify all individuals whose livelihoods depend to some degree on AFS. |
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Africa AFS workers AGR FPS MNP agrifood systems employment Benin beverages Bolivia Plurinational Burkina Faso 2019 Côte d'Ivoire countries elaboration employed in AFS employment and engagement employment in AFS employment in agrifood engaged in AFS engaged in agriculture engaged in agrifood Enquête harmonisée Fanzo Figure food processing forestry and fishing FPS MNP AFS GDP per capita Georgia Guatemala 2014 Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 2019 household farming activities Human development index ISIC codes job in agriculture jobs in AFS livelihoods main job Malawi Mali manufacture of non-food ménages EHCVM million Niger Nigeria non-food agricultural products number of jobs Panel percent Peru previous 12 months processing and services recall period reliant on AFS Republic of Tanzania rural second job secondary jobs Senegal share of AFS Share of employment Share of engagement Sierra Leone 2018 Tanzania Togo total employment total number trade and transportation Uganda United Republic vie des ménages WAEMU working-age population