01877nam a2200289Ia 450000100060000000300090000600500170001500800410003202000180007302000150009104000300010608200160013610000180015224501650017026000770033530000600041250000500047250400570052250501460057952006780072552600090140353000270141265000220143970000240146171000610148585200410154636224BD-DhAAL20211201144834.0190925t2009 it a b 000 0 eng d a9789251062371 a9251062374 aOCoLCbengdANLdBD-DhAAL04a374.0152221 aAcker, David.10aEducation for rural people :bthe role of education, training and capacity development in poverty reduction and food security /cDavid Acker, Lavinia Gasperini. aRome :bFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,cc2009. axix, 130 pages :billustrations (some colors) ;c24 cm. aForeword by Jacques Diouf and Fanco Frattini. aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 117-130).2 aIntroduction -- ERP background and rationale -- Challenges and responses -- The ERP partnership -- Conclusions and key policy considerations. aNearly 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. aBIED aAlso available online. 0aEducation, Rural.1 aGasperini, Lavinia.2 aFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. aAyesha Abed LibrarycBIED Collection