Summary
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, countries around the globe had made remarkable progress in reducing child labor. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the number of children in child labor decreased by approximately 94 million between 2000 and 2016, representing a drop of 38 percent. But as the pandemic caused massive school closures and unprecedented loss of jobs and income for millions of families, many children have entered the workforce to help their families survive, while others have been forced to work longer hours or enter more precarious and exploitative situations. Some have become their families’ primary breadwinners after losing a caregiver to Covid-19. Some despair of ever going back to school.
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
A new research consortium led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine aims to provide crucial evidence to support countries in ‘building back better’ from COVID-19, with child development at its core.
Funded by a partnership including the World Food Programme and Dubai Cares, The Global Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition will develop a 10-year research agenda to support governments and decision makers in re-establishing school health and school meals programs after the pandemic, and meet the needs of those left behind.
The Research Consortium will be officially launched at a special virtual event on 27 May 2021, including a keynote address given by Prof Michael Kremer (2020 Nobel Laureate in Economics), and with contributions from Government Ministers from France, Peru and Finland.
A new research consortium led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and including academic partners worldwide aims to provide crucial evidence to support countries in ‘building back better’ from COVID-19, with child development at its core.
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-05-24 06:40 Share CLOSE Rice harvesters reap a new, highly productive hybrid variety of the staple grain in the demonstration fields of Sanya National Paddy Park in Hainan province. [Photo by Wu Wei/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Editor s note:
The passing away of Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice , has reminded the Chinese people his great contribution to China and even the world s food security. Fan Shenggen, chair professor at China Agricultural University, and former director-general of the International Food Policy Research Institute, shares his views with China Daily s Sun Xiaoyu on how to further safeguard food security and reduce poverty. Excerpts follow:
The RTI study calls for immediate steps to counter the problem.
An increased investment of $25.5 billion annually, delivered with a comprehensive investment strategy from global and local policymakers and decision makers, could potentially offset the negative impacts of climate change, the authors of the study found.
The study, conducted by RTI International, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), found that climate change and population growth, and now a global pandemic, disrupted food systems.
“Climate change exacerbates the pressures on food systems to deliver healthy diets to everyone but investing in food systems can reduce the years lost that we project,” said Timothy Sulser, Senior Scientist at IFPRI, in a statement.