All nationals from third countries, who are legally staying in the EU for a temporary period and whose stay is work-related, are eligible for seasonal work permits. Some of the most common work that temporary workers can engage in under such permits include farming, agriculture, fruit picking, catering, hotel, hospitality, summer camps, ski resorts, as well as babysitting. Here are
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India is estimated to become the most populous country in 2023, and its population is projected to increase by around 240 million over the next 25 years. The implications of this growth in population on the economy are multifaceted. On one side, as the population grows, there will be increased demand for goods and services. Over the last decade, the
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The town of Morgenzon played host to this year’s Mpumalanga leg of the AgriCareers roadshow, an initiative aimed at inspiring high school learners to consider careers in agriculture. The event, which took place on Wednesday, saw local learners being introduced to the various career paths that the sector has to offer. The Food For Mzansi initiative was hosted at the
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AG Recruitment, which had brought more than 1,450 Indonesian nationals to work on farms in the UK last year, has lost its licence as a sponsor of workers on the seasonal workers’ visa (‘SWV’) scheme for agricultural workers. The decision to revoke the licence followed accounts of some workers arriving in the UK with up to £5,000 of debt to brokers and in some
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With the current farm bill expiring in 2023, rising inflation and the global supply chain issues the agriculture industry is facing, are we nearing a farm crisis like we or perhaps another “too big to fail” scenario as we saw in 2008? Whether another crisis is coming or not, farmers are facing obstacles that lenders can help them overcome. Farmers
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The people who work to grow and harvest the food we eat play a key role in ensuring our good health and proper nutrition. And yet they often do so at the expense of their own health, owing to a combination of factors: the arduous nature of the work, the difficulties accessing the health system for the most precarious workers,
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For a considerable time, the agricultural labor force in the United States has been composed of two distinct categories of workers: (1) self-employed farm operators and their families, and (2) hired laborers. Between 1950 and 1990, there was a long-term fall in both types of employment as mechanization increased agricultural output and decreased the need for labor. The employment rate
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The government is in “cuckoo world” when it talks of increasing produce, said a farmer who has lost £50,000 of asparagus due to a shortage of workers. Norfolk farmer Andy Allen could not get enough pickers and so a 10-acre field has been left unpicked. Farmers have been hit by the loss of EU workers after Brexit, the loss of
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In the European Union, one of the most severe challenges within the agriculture sector is the cost and scarcity of labor. In fact, throughout the pandemic, growers across the region have been either complaining about higher labor costs, or limited access to it altogether. Therefore, to protect the food supply chains in Europe, a new EU project is accelerating the
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