Classified as essential workers, farm workers were “lucky enough” to continue working and earning an income. Yet, this paper highlights how Covid-19 regulations exacerbated their vulnerability due to a pre-existing lack of public regulation and enforcement of basic labour and transport regulation in the sector. Apart from farm workers, the paper also discusses how informal workers – in this case taxi drivers – tried to leverage the pandemic to push for closer integration into the agricultural sector to create more sustainable livelihoods for themselves.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/impact-covid-19-south-african-migrant-wage-workers-and-self-employed
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/African migrant wage workers.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/international-labour-organization-ilo
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coronavirus
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/workers
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/employment
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/migration
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-africa
