How does improving agriculture help create opportunities and reduce poverty?
Agricultural productivity directly impacts the income and livelihood of the world’s poorest people: Three-quarters of all people who survive on less than $1 a day live in rural areas, and most rely on agriculture for food and income. Apart from a few states and small, oil-rich countries, no country has managed a rapid rise from poverty without increasing agricultural productivity. In the poorest countries, agriculture employs a majority of the people. Reducing hunger and poverty on a large scale begins with these small farmers. Farmers who can grow enough to feed their families, have a surplus, and get that surplus to market will have the chance to increase their incomes and improve their quality of life.
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