GAS Forum I - Rome, 25 september 2008
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Safety saves
The GAS Forum promotes Safety Saves, a national awareness-building campaign on safety in the agricultural world.The first edition of the GAS Forum
will focus on four main issues:
• Safety of disabled persons
• Safety of women
• Safety of immigrants
• Occupational diseases
A Global Challenge
Thanks to farm mechanisation, the agricultural sector is now able to face up to the biggest challenges of the new millennium, feeding a rapidly growing population and helping to find the most sustainable solutions to the energy crisis.The number of agricultural workers is going down, but the number of accidents at a global level, including fatal accidents, remains high. Occupational diseases also affect a very high percentage of workers, both men and women.
A Global Response
The Global Agricultural Safety Forum (GAS Forum) has been conceived to offer a global response to a problem that affects everybody working in the sector: machinery manufacturers and distributors, farms and farm machinery companies, workers, public and private operators.Experts invited to the Forum, representing leading national and international organisations, will meet to discuss the current situation and seek a shared vision for the future.
