03 December 2014
Some 200
agricultural development experts and government ministers from across Asia and
the Pacific gathered here on Tuesday to discuss plans to transform rural areas
in the region.
Asia and
the Pacific is home to two thirds of the world's poor, over 750 million people,
and two thirds of the world's 805 million undernourished and hungry people. Urban
areas in the region continue to develop rapidly, while rural areas suffer the
effects of urban migration, lack of modern infrastructure and economic
stagnation, according to a 2014 IFAD policy brief, adding that increasing
income inequality between urban and rural areas can put countries at risk of
social conflict and political instability.
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