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Education is a prerequisite to building a food-secure world, reducing poverty and conserving and enhancing natural resources.
While FAO's Sustainable Development Department addresses all levels of education systems with a holistic approach, priority is
given to basic education. The focus of its work is on:
Expanding access to education and improving school attendance in rural areas, by promoting or supporting initiatives aimed at
improving children's health and capacity to learn, using information and communication technology and distance education,
educating rural girls and women and promoting life-long education and skills for life in a rural environment.
Improving the quality of education, by supporting participatory curriculum development and teacher training to respond to rural
development needs and farmers' demands, assisting agriculture universities to improve their role of service to farmers and their
interaction with basic and intermediate education, and encouraging development education initiatives aimed at fostering social
awareness on issues and topics related to FAO's mandate.
Strengthening institutional capacity in planning and managing education for rural development, by adopting a systemic approach
to education for rural development that addresses all levels of education; encouraging debate on future trends in education and
training of children, youth and adults for agriculture, rural development and food security; researching and disseminating best
practices and case studies that illustrate the contribution of education to sustainable agriculture and rural development;
supporting new partnerships for education for rural development at national, regional and global levels; and providing technical
assistance for training of policy-makers and managers of education for rural development.
Food security and education are interlinked. What is the role of education in reducing by half the 800 million people denied
access to enough food to meet their basic needs? How can education be used to lead almost one billion women, men and youth
from illiteracy? How can relevant and quality education be offered to out-of-school children and those who are undernourished in
order to best improve their chances for a better quality of life? This compendium of FAO's experiences with "Education and Food
for All" shares descriptions of cases that can contribute to the process of enabling rural people to improve their lives and
livelihoods. The examples focus on education and training in Nutrition and Health, Agriculture/Forestry, Environment, Community
Development, and Business Management. The cases will be of special interest to primary and secondary school teachers and
students, rural youth programme staff, adult community groups, and rural development specialists.
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