Education for rural people: The role of education, training and capacity development in poverty reduction and food security/ David Acker, Lavinia Gasperini.

By:

Acker, David

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Publication details: Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009.Description: xix, 130 p.: ill. (some col.); 24 cmISBN:

9789251062371

Subject(s):

Education, Rural

Genre/Form:

Internet resource

LOC classification:

ORG LC5146 A25 2009

Available additional physical forms:

Also available online.

Contents:

Introduction -- ERP background and rationale -- Challenges and responses -- The ERP partnership -- Conclusions and key policy considerations.

Summary: Nearly one out of six people in the world is suffering from hunger and illiteracy. This book was developed to assist policy makers dealing with rural poverty, food insecurity and education challenges confronting rural people. It seeks to address the correlation between education, training, empowerment and food security, mainly through a number of examples from all over the world. It is about strengthening the capacity of rural people to achieve food security. It identifies different dimensions of education and training that have proven useful, and covers formal education as well as non-formal education, literacy as well as skills training--Publisher’s description.

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Foreword by Jacques Diouf and Fanco Frattini.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-130).

Introduction -- ERP background and rationale -- Challenges and responses -- The ERP partnership -- Conclusions and key policy considerations.

Nearly one out of six people in the world is suffering from hunger and illiteracy. This book was developed to assist policy makers dealing with rural poverty, food insecurity and education challenges confronting rural people. It seeks to address the correlation between education, training, empowerment and food security, mainly through a number of examples from all over the world. It is about strengthening the capacity of rural people to achieve food security. It identifies different dimensions of education and training that have proven useful, and covers formal education as well as non-formal education, literacy as well as skills training--Publisher’s description.

Also available online.

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