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of the large-scale organized recruitment of cotton pickers and has urged the government to take 

much bolder steps to transform agriculture and labor relations, based on the principles of efficiency 

and market-led incentives, and thus to ensure that all risks of forced labor are fully mitigated. In 

response, the government has developed an Action Plan to improve labor conditions, employment and 

social protection of workers in agriculture in 2016-2018, covering themes of national regulatory and 

legal framework, agriculture modernization and mechanization, improving employment mechanisms 

and conditions for seasonal agricultural workers, strengthening monitoring and feedback mechanisms 

for child and forced labor prevention. Plans for monitoring in 2016, with a stronger focus on systems 

and protective measures that are put in place to ensure that organized recruitment is taking place on 

voluntary basis, are currently being negotiated between the GoU and the ILO.   

 

 

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