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Issue 13=20 - November, = 2005

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Posted on: = 11/28/2005=20 =

ROLE IN WAR ON HUNGER - UN FOOD = AGENCY
New=20 York, Nov 28 2005 10:00AM
Top priority = should=20 be given to improving access to quality = education=20 in rural areas for communities of farmers, = fisherfolk, and livestock producers as = well as=20 people living in mountains, forests and = deserts,=20 as a key factor in the battle against = hunger, the=20 United Nations Food and Agriculture = Organization=20 = (<=94http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2005/1000164/index.= html=94>FAO)=20 said today.

=93Failure to educate = children in=20 rural areas perpetuates needless hunger. = Attending=20 primary education is one of the surest = ways out of=20 the cycle of poverty and hunger for = children and=20 their families,=94 FAO=92s top envoy at = the Fifth High=20 Level Group Meeting on Education for All = (EFA) in=20 Beijing, He Changchui, = said.

Growing=20 inequalities exist among urban and rural = regions=20 with about 75 per cent of the world=92s = poor living=20 in rural areas. Giving the multifaceted = character=20 of poverty and food insecurity, the=20 =91agriculture-only=92 model of rural = development has=20 proven inadequate, according to=20 FAO.

Research indicates that = education=20 contributes significantly to reducing = malnutrition=20 while playing an important role in = increasing=20 productivity. Sudden improvements can be = made=20 which enable accelerated progress in = primary=20 school attendance when countries make = education=20 free of school fees and other=20 charges.

=93Children attending = schools=20 offering free meals are 30 per cent more = likely to=20 complete primary education,=94 Mr. He=20 said.

Basic education immediately = and=20 positively affects the productivity of = subsistence=20 and smallholder farmers, FAO stressed. The = provision of more and better basic = educational=20 services such as primary education, = literacy and=20 basic skills training in rural areas can=20 substantially improve productivity and=20 livelihoods.

The three-day Beijing = high=20 level group meeting is addressing = Education for=20 Rural People (ERP) as a core policy issue. = Education is a key economic, social and = cultural=20 asset for individuals and their nations, = with each=20 year of additional primary schooling = representing=20 an important asset for higher income in = later=20 life.

=93The challenge is to work for = sustainable=20 development in rural areas that favours = the poor=20 and provides more resources for health, = education=20 and gender equality and a sustainable = environment=20 worldwide,=94 Lavinia Gasperini, senior = officer for=20 agricultural extension at FAO=92s = headquarters in=20 Rome, said.
2005-11-28

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