Identifying skills for transitions to formality in the Lebanese agri-food sector

This study analyses skills in the Lebanese agri-food sector, focusing on the status and trends in demand for skills in formal and informal occupations identified in two selected agri-food subsectors, (1) dairy production, and (2) non-alcoholic beverages. The two subsectors were selected in collaboration with a reference group comprising representatives of the trade unions CGTL and FENASOL, the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI), the ministries of labour, agriculture and industry, and the Ministry of Education Directorate General of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (DGTVET). Five occupations within each subsector were selected to be the primary focus of the study, identified through ten scoping calls held with companies active in the dairy production and non-alcoholic beverages subsectors. A total of 22 interviews (11 per subsector) were later conducted with companies in the subsectors for the purposes of data collection; representatives of six of the nine technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutes affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture were interviewed.