01867     2200229   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036007000300056008004100059020002200100082001000122084001600132100001700148245003100165260002300196300003100219650002100250650002500271700002300296520129800319990002001617INLIS00000000001156320251030093818  a0010-1025000038ta251030                g          0 eng    a978-92-5-106237-1  a711.3  a711.3 ACK e1 aAcker, David1 aEducation for Rural People  aRome :bFAO,c2009  axx, 130p. :bill. ;c24 cm 4aEkonomi Pedesaan 4aPembangunan Pedesaan1 aGasperini, Lavinia  aThis 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. The broad background is that studies leading to the formulation of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 have shown the potential that poor people have to make their living if the right conditions are created. The challenge for the international community is to identify barriers and to create conditions for rural people to change and improve their situation. In this perspective, the way to reach food security is to strengthen the capacity of poor people. The concept of capacity is closely associated with notions such as empowerment. It is generally agreed that education in all its forms is one important pillar in such a strategy. The role of education is not only to impart knowledge and skills but also to contribute to the empowerment of people by improving their self-confidence, widen their frame of reference and give them the tools to participate in wider processes of social and economic change  a2551/PSEKP/2025