Child labour in the tobacco growing sector in Africa: Fafo, Institute for Labour and Social Research report, October 2000

This report on child labour in the tobacco growing sector in Africa was presented at a conference in Nairobi in 2000. It was at that conference the decision was made to set up the ECLT Foundation as a joint partnership to tackle child labour.

Preface to the report

This report was produced by Fafo to provide background material for the conference “Eliminating Child Labour: Establishing Best Practice in Tobacco Farming” in Nairobi 8-9th October 2000. The conference was organised by the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Association (IUF), the International Tobacco Growers’ Association (ITGA) and British American Tobacco (BAT). The report includes information on the child labour situation in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The report was presented at the conference in Nairobi, and has been slightly edited on the basis of comments and additional information that was provided by the conference participants.

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