The ILO signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Fruit and Vegetable Alliance (AHIFORES) to carry out joint work on mainstreaming the General Principles and Operational Guidelines for Fair Recruitment in Mexico. They inded to cooperate on the certification scheme "DEAR", as well as developing a tool box to address recruitment practices in horticulture and vegetable supply chains in partnership with Verité.

AHIFORES is a non-profit agricultural association that since it’s constitution in 2015 has brought together 80% of all agricultural exporters in Mexico in an effort to promote good practices and social responsibility. AHIFORES has identified key issues in which they have focused their efforts and strategies, being one of them the recruitment of agricultural workers. As a result, ILO and AHIFORES have started a collaboration to support the adoption of the ILO General Principles and Guidelines for Fair Recruitment among its members as one of the activities being carried out by REFRAME project.