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Assessing Sustainability in Diversified Rural Food Systems: Indicators, Circular Economy Approaches, and Policy Evaluation

World Rural Development Day highlights the indispensable role of rural communities in tackling poverty, food insecurity, ...
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Afforestation, Land System Transition, and Agricultural Multifunctionality: Governance Pathways for Sustainable Development

Afforestation has become a key strategy for addressing climate change, ecological degradation, and sustainable development challenges under global carbon ...
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Updating the rural development mandate

ALMOST two years ago, following a proposal by Bangladesh and supported by the Philippines, India, Nepal, Peru and Thailand, ...
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Rural Areas Offer Unique Opportunities for STEM Education, But Targeted Resources, Connectivity, and Training Needed

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers a road map for increasing access to science, technology, engineering, and math education ...
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UN/DESA Policy Brief #106: Reducing poverty and inequality in rural areas: key to inclusive development

Extreme poverty is mainly a rural phenomenon. Four of every five people below the $1.90-a-day international income poverty line lived in rural areas in 2013 (Castañeda and others, 2018). Over the last ...