Agricultural sector

Enterprises involved in agricultural supply chains can create employment, raise labour standards and bring the technology to increase agricultural production or reduce pollution.

But their activities can also contribute to food insecurity by leading to the eviction of local communities from their lands.

Unfortunately, child labour and abuses of migrant workers and women are regularly reported. The production of some agricultural commodities leads to soil degradation, water resource depletion and deforestation.

The OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains helps enterprises to observe standards of responsible business conduct to ensure that their operations do not lead to adverse impacts and contribute to sustainable development. The FAO-OECD Guidance targets domestic and international, small, medium and large enterprises across the entire agricultural supply chain, from the farm to the consumer.