Elevating Labor Standards in Mexico’s Agriculture Sector
Verité advances human rights due diligence in Mexico by helping companies identify and address labor risks in their supply chains, while equipping farmworkers with knowledge of their rights and access to grievance mechanisms.
Sowing rights, harvesting better futures
The Senderos project strengthened the capacity of Mexico’s agricultural sector to improve the enforcement of international standards on child labor, forced labor, occupational health and safety, as well as other labor conditions. The project engaged workers and companies across sugarcane, tobacco, mango, and agave supply chains.
Dec 2019 - Mar 2025
Americas
US Department of Labor
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Fundación Mexicana de Apoyo Infantil, A.C. (FAI)
Visión Mundial de México, A.C. (WV)
Capacity-building and technical assistance in developing management systems that monitor, address and prevent occupational risks for producers and companies across sugarcane, tobacco, mango, and agave supply chains.
Increase agricultural workers’ knowledge of labor rights and remediation options through training and awareness-raising efforts.
Strengthen government capacity to promote adherence to international labor standards through improved labor inspection tools and management systems.
Senderos enhanced labor standards compliance among producers, packers, and processors through training, tool development, and technical assistance.
Verité partnered with World Vision (sugarcane) and FAI (tobacco, mango, agave) to increase agricultural workers’ knowledge of their labor rights and remedy options.
Verité partnered with AIR to strengthen government labor law enforcement in Mexico’s agriculture sector. We improved labor inspection tools, enhanced knowledge, and supported digital case management systems. Our achievements included developing inspection support systems for government officials, updating labor inspection tools and protocols, and training government personnel on new technological and substantive tools.
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Funding is provided by the United States Department of Labor under cooperative agreement number IL‐34209-19-75-K.
100% of the total costs of the project is financed with USG federal funds, for a total of ten million dollars. This material does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the United States Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the United States Government.
