Child Labor in Cotton Fields Study
Child Labor in Cotton Fields Study
(Challenges)
Childlaborincottonfieldswaslinkedtohouseholdeconomicpressure,withmanychildrenhelpingparentsaspartofhouseholdsurvivalstrategies.Thebroaderprojectaimedtodiversifyproducerincomessohouseholdscouldavoidrelyingonchildrenforcottonproductionlabor.
Childlaborincottonfieldswaslinkedtohouseholdeconomicpressure,withmanychildrenhelpingparentsaspartofhouseholdsurvivalstrategies.Thebroaderprojectaimedtodiversifyproducerincomessohouseholdscouldavoidrelyingonchildrenforcottonproductionlabor.
(Client)
SOLIDAR Suisse / GIZ
SOLIDAR Suisse / GIZ
(Year)
Baseline
Baseline
(Services)
Child Labor, Cotton, Baseline Study, Income Generation, Burkina Faso
Child Labor, Cotton, Baseline Study, Income Generation, Burkina Faso
(Introduction)
CERFODESconductedabaselineandincome-follow-upstudyforaprojectpromotingtheabandonmentofchildlaborincottonfieldsinBurkinaFaso.TheassignmentwasconnectedtoSolidarSuisseandGIZandincludedmethodologydesign,tooldevelopment,enumeratortraining,electronicdatacollection,supervision,analysis,reporting,andrestitution.
(Final thoughts)
Thestudyhelpedprovidebaselineindicatorsfortrackingaprojectdesignedtoreducechildlaborbyaddressinghouseholdincomeconstraintsandpromotingalternativeincome-generatingactivities.
Thestudyhelpedprovidebaselineindicatorsfortrackingaprojectdesignedtoreducechildlaborbyaddressinghouseholdincomeconstraintsandpromotingalternativeincome-generatingactivities.
