FAO: REDUCE RURAL POVERTY - ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES
Despite progress made in reducing poverty, over 2 billion people still live in poverty, 736 million of which live in extreme poverty. A large majority live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. These communities often lack income to buy food and access to resources, services, technologies, markets and economic opportunities to exit poverty. FAO supports governments in reducing rural poverty through inclusive rural transformation with an emphasis on addressing the needs of rural women and youth. A multi-dimensional approach is needed including increasing agricultural productivity, economic diversification, social protection and creating jobs. ACHIEVEMENTS... Social protection and economic inclusion in agriculture... A key step towards rural poverty reduction is ensuring that family farmers who live in poverty are given access to adequate social protection. Social Protection allow rural communities to achieve food security, manage the risks found in agri...