The Politics of Negotiation: MVF and Multinational Corporations on Child Labour in Cottonseed Field

Yumi Lifer

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Abstract: Child Labour in the hybrid cottonseed fields has caused much attention locally and internationally. Inexpensive labour is crucial for the farmers, as 52% of the cost of production goes toward human labour alone. Unfortunately 90% of the laborers are female children between the ages of seven and fourteen. The reputation of the seed companies gradually decreased as a result of campaigns from the Netherland and Germany against child labour in the cottonseed fields. Dialogues between the MV Foundation and MNCs are steps crucial for the progress towards eliminating child labour in the hybrid cottonseed fields. If the local community is mobilized under the common agenda, it facilitates the process of implementing such goals as the elimination of child labour.

Keywords: child labour; cottonseed field; bonded labour; education; MNCs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-08
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