A global review of COVID-19 policy and programmatic responses to child labour in agrifood systems

The COVID-19 pandemic's many repercussions include an increase in child labour in agriculture, as schools closed during pandemic-induced lockdowns. This review outlines the potential of social protection measures to prevent or contain such developments.

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This review aims to look into the consequences of (1) the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures put in place to mitigate the spread of the pandemic and (2) the policies and programmatic responses to mitigate socio-economic consequences of the pandemic and how they have potentially interacted with child labour drivers, especially in agrifood systems. Thus, this review aims to document and spell out how policy and programmatic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular social protection measures, have the potential to prevent or contain an increase of child labour in agriculture at large