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

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Acker, David

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, c2009.Description: xix, 130 pages : illustrations (some colors) ; 24 cmISBN:

9789251062371
9251062374

Subject(s):

Education, Rural

DDC classification:

374.015 22

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Partial 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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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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Foreword by Jacques Diouf and Fanco Frattini.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.

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