REDUCING POVERTY THROUGH AGRICULTURE

REDUCING POVERTY THROUGH AGRICULTUREC over: Mable Chikombo, with young Michelo on her back, Zambia. Photo: Anders Hansson cover, pages 5, 14, 16, 18, 20, 27, 31. Nick Sells page 2. Marcus Lundstedt page 6. REDUCING POVERTY THROUGH AGRICULTURECONTENTS: AGRICULTURE is the key to REDUCING POVERTY 7 The poorest of the world s population make a living from farming 7 The most effective way to lift people out of POVERTY 7 AGRICULTURE provides jobs where there is no other employment 8 Increased equality yields more sustainable AGRICULTURE 9 The farmers need to organise themselves 12 Small investments can make a big difference 12 Land is an increasingly important resource 12 Future challenges and potential in AGRICULTURE 15We Effect on the

Africa is the global region with the highest percentage of people working in agriculture – 73 per cent.9 The cor-responding figure for South Asia is 47 per cent10 and for China 35 per cent11. Within the EU, only 5 per cent of the population are farmers 12 and in Sweden only 2.5 per The number in extreme poverty in rural areas (millions of people)

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