Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2003, publiée 92ème session CIT (2004)

The Committee notes the report provided by the Government. It notes in particular the establishment of the minimum agricultural wage at CFA13,929 per month and would be grateful if the Government would provide with its next report copies of the legal texts determining the minimum wage rates applicable to all categories of workers, both in agriculture and in allied trades, such as forestry and animal husbandry. The Committee also requests the Government to indicate the minimum wage rates in force in coffee, cocoa, rice and cotton producing enterprises, for which the latest information provided dated back to 1992. The Committee would be particularly interested by any information allowing it to follow the evolution of minimum wage rates in agriculture over the past decade to enable it better to evaluate whether the minimum wage fixing machinery is succeeding in securing for agricultural workers a minimum wage that is constantly adjusted in line with the economic and social situation in the country and taking into consideration their most essential needs, thereby giving effect to the provisions of the Convention.

Furthermore, with reference to its previous direct request, the Committee notes that the Government’s report only partially provides the information requested under Article 5 and Part V of the report form in relation to the application of the Convention to agricultural work in practice. It trusts that in its next report the Government will provide, in addition to all the minimum wage rates in force including those applicable where appropriate to young workers in agriculture, any further information relating to the application of the Convention in practice, including statistics on the number and various categories of workers covered by the minimum wage regulations. Finally, the Committee requests the Government to provide further information on the system for supervising the application of the Convention through inspections and, where appropriate, the sanctions that are best adapted to the conditions obtaining in agriculture, in accordance with Article 4 of the Convention.