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1. Establishing the conditions required for the operation of a labour inspection system in agricultural enterprises. The Committee notes the Government’s replies to its previous comments. In connection with its observation under Convention No. 81 and in view of the impact of the economic and political situation on the working and living conditions of people working in the agricultural sector, the Committee trusts that the Government will soon be able, if necessary with ILO technical support and international financial cooperation, to identify the human resources and material and logistical needs required for labour inspection in agricultural enterprises and to define priorities for action in this area. It requests the Government to provide information on any steps taken to this end and on any progress achieved.

2. Labour inspection and child labour in the agricultural sector. With reference to its observation of 1999 under this Convention and under Convention No. 81 and the role that labour inspectors’ should play in the strategy to combat child labour, the Committee notes from the Government’s report on the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138), that labour inspectors have been made aware of the issue. It also notes with interest that, in the framework of the WAC/AP project (West Africa Cocoa/Agriculture Project), a committee to combat child trafficking was created and a law adopted on the subject. It requests the Government to provide any relevant documentation as well as practical information on inspection activities conducted with a view to seeking out any breaches of child labour legislation and the results of such inspection.