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      <P><LEFT><I><FONT size=3D-1>6 September 2005 </FONT>=96 </I>On the =
eve of an=20
      international meeting on development and education, the United =
Nations=20
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      today said that education provides the best route for the rural =
poor in=20
      sub-Saharan Africa to work their way out of poverty.=20
      <P>"Illiteracy is a correlate of poverty and hunger and is mainly =
a rural=20
      phenomenon which hinders rural development and food security, =
threatens=20
      productivity and health, and limits opportunities to improve =
livelihoods =96=20
      particularly for rural girls and women," FAO education expert =
Lavinia=20
      Gasperini said in anticipation of a ministerial seminar in Addis =
Ababa=20
      that opens tomorrow.=20
      <P>"Since the vast majority of the population in sub-Saharan =
Africa are=20
      rural, and since agriculture is a key sector for rural development =
and=20
      economic growth, more efforts are needed in educating the rural =
poor and=20
      helping them to apply improved technologies to make small-scale =
farming=20
      viable and profitable," Ms. Gasperini added.=20
      <P>The Addis Ababa seminar will focus on the current situation of=20
      education for rural people in sub-Saharan Africa and ways and =
means to=20
      improve it. The elimination of gender disparities in education =
will=20
      present an important topic.=20
      <P>Ms. Gasperini said the meeting would gather, for the first =
time,=20
      ministers of education, agriculture, fisheries and rural =
development from=20
      several African countries. In addition, representatives from the =
African=20
      Union (AU), civil society organizations and bilateral and =
multilateral=20
      development bodies will attend.=20
      <P>The meeting, which will run from 7-9 September, is organized by =
FAO=20
      along with the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural =
Organization=20
      (UNESCO) and the Association for the Development of Education in =
Africa=20
      (ADEA), in partnership with Ethiopia's Ministry of Education and =
with the=20
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Norwegian=20
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