EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY licence. This book examines children’s involvement in African agricultural work. It argues that framing all children’s engagement in economic activity as ‘child labour’, with all the associated negative connotations, is problematic.
The conceptual and case-based chapters reframe the debate about children’s work and harm in rural Africa with the aim of shifting research, public discourse and policy so that they better serve the interest of rural children and their families.

Contributions by: Abdulai Abubakari, Felix Asante, Inka Barnett, Imogen Bellwood-Howard, Rosilin Bock, Máiréad Dunne, Irene Egyir, Emmanuel Boamah Frimpong, Neil Howard, Sara Humphreys, Tessa Lewin, Vicky Johnson, Roy Maconachie, Becky Mitchell, Sam Okyere, Keetie Roelen, Carolina Szyp, Jodie Thorpe, Dorte Thorsen, Giel Ton, Amy Warmington, Mary Wickenden, Thomas Yeboah