ISWA2021

The 2^nd International Symposium on Work in Agriculture was held March 29^th - April 1^st  2021 !

The International Symposium on Work in Agriculture (ISWA) brought together 434 registered participants from 46 countries in a fully virtual format. More than a quarter of the participants were from France, just under a quarter from elsewhere in Europe, and about a quarter each from the Americas (Brazil, United States) and from Africa-Asia-Oceania (India, Morocco, Australia, etc.). Flyer 2ISWA

It is estimated that 1.3 billion people work in agriculture (family farmers, salaried workers), i.e. 27% of the world’s working population. The amount of research on the subject of work in agriculture is not commensurate with the sector’s importance in terms of providing employment and as a consequence we are poorly informed about the issues.

The Symposium’s objective was to bring together an international community around issues of work in agriculture in order to:

• Foster a dialog between the often disciplinary and compartmentalised aspects of issues of work
• Bring together views on work in the Global North and the Global South
• Encourage the development of research, training and extension collaborations.

Reading the Summary Report of the International Symposium on Work in Agriculture   >>>

ISWA is organized by INRAE (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environnement - ex INRA), IAWA (International Association on Work in Agriculture), The 'Territoires' Research Unit, and the RMT-Travail

Benoît Dedieu (INRAE Dpt ACT, France), Sandra Schiavi (Univ. Estaduale Maringa, Brazil), Priscila Malanski (IAWA, Brazil), Sylvie Cournut (VetAgro Sup, France), Sophie Chauvat (Idele, RMT-Travail, France)