27th January
Agribusiness And Family Island Employment
Continued from last issue...
Kostas Stamoulis of FAO’s Agricultural and Development Economics Division and one of the project’s coordinators said, “Before one jumps to quick conclusions regarding the role of agriculture in rural income, one should think that many of the rural non-farm activities, such as transportation services and food processing for instance, depend on a strong agriculture for their survival and growth.”
Mr. Stamoulis added: "This study, and the workshop where it was released, marks the first time that non-farm and farm sources of income have been analyzed in such detail, mainly because this has been made possible by the vast amount of household-level data which have been meticulously analyzed and organized."
Top experts at workshop to examine rural development issues
Evidence on the structure of rural income and a number of other issues on the rural economy are being discussed during a two-and-a-half-day FAO workshop, which opened today, looking for creative ways to help rural families escape hunger and poverty.
The workshop, called "Beyond Agriculture? The promise of the rural economy for growth and poverty reduction", brings together some of the top people in agricultural economics from around the world. Issues such as migration, government expenditures for rural areas, marketing chains and their relation to rural economies are being discussed during the workshop. Representatives from multilateral development banks will present and discuss the rural strategies of their organizations.
"In organizing the workshop, FAO is seeking to raise awareness on how recent trends and changes such as globalization shape the context in which rural economies operate and what are the implications for policies to reduce rural poverty," according to Mr. Stamoulis.
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Agribusiness And Family Island Employment
Continued from last issue...
Kostas Stamoulis of FAO’s Agricultural and Development Economics Division and one of the project’s coordinators said, “Before one jumps to quick conclusions regarding the role of agriculture in rural income, one should think that many of the rural non-farm activities, such as transportation services and food processing for instance, depend on a strong agriculture for their survival and growth.”
Mr. Stamoulis added: "This study, and the workshop where it was released, marks the first time that non-farm and farm sources of income have been analyzed in such detail, mainly because this has been made possible by the vast amount of household-level data which have been meticulously analyzed and organized."
Top experts at workshop to examine rural development issues
Evidence on the structure of rural income and a number of other issues on the rural economy are being discussed during a two-and-a-half-day FAO workshop, which opened today, looking for creative ways to help rural families escape hunger and poverty.
The workshop, called "Beyond Agriculture? The promise of the rural economy for growth and poverty reduction", brings together some of the top people in agricultural economics from around the world. Issues such as migration, government expenditures for rural areas, marketing chains and their relation to rural economies are being discussed during the workshop. Representatives from multilateral development banks will present and discuss the rural strategies of their organizations.
"In organizing the workshop, FAO is seeking to raise awareness on how recent trends and changes such as globalization shape the context in which rural economies operate and what are the implications for policies to reduce rural poverty," according to Mr. Stamoulis.
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Copyright Jones Communications Ltd. ©2005 - Nassau, Bahamas.
