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Education and Food for All

Under the theme "Education and Food for All", FAO considers that primary education is essential for the rural population to make informed decisions and obtain better living conditions, something that was restated during the World Food Summit (Rome, 1996).

Our policies of sustainable development will promote the total participation and the empowerment of the population (...) the access to education and the opportunities for the young people ".

In several international forums, such as the World Education Forum in Dakar (2000), and with the purpose of combining efforts, FAO has stated its commitment to assure access for all to a good quality primary education.

FAO considers that education and food security need to be taken into account systematically, and has proposed to be the focal point for "Education and Food for All". This page states the proposal of this theme for the initiative of Education for All.

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Meetings

		Regional Workshop on “Safe Food and Education for Rural Population” (only in spanish version)
		Second Regional Encounter on Education for All - EFA (only in spanish version)
		Workshop on Education for the Rural Population (only in spanish version)