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Download or read book Education for Rural People written by David Acker and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 2009 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly one out of six people of the current inhabitants of the world is suffering from hunger and illiteracy. This 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. It identifies different dimensions of education and training that have proven useful, and covers formal education as well as non-formal education, literacy as well as skills training.