6. Research
Within the framework of the 'Farmers of the Future' initiative, the
World Agroforestry Centre is implementing a research project to understand the
ways by which relevant basic education can contribute to achieving food security
and sustainable development in rural areas. This will be achieved by gathering
and summarizing information about basic education initiatives in rural areas
which have used agricultural or environmental experience as a means of making
teaching and learning more relevant to the local situation, and by assessing the
impact of this kind of approach on food security and sustainable rural
development. The project will summarize lessons learned from strategies and
experiences of educational interventions in rural areas, with a focus on basic
learning needs for rural livelihoods.
This research is carried out in close collaboration with the
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Economics
of the Catholic University of
Leuven (K.U.Leuven) and is sponsored by the
European Community's
Poverty Reduction Effectiveness Programme (EC-PREP) .
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