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70% of the world's poor live in rural areas.

World Bank

 

 

World agriculture produces enough food per day to feed everyone on earth.

worldhunger.org

 

 

150 million people rely on fisheries and aquaculture for their livelihoods.

World Bank

 

 

Over 20% of the world's 38 million full-time fishers earn less than $1 per day.

World Bank

 

 

Over 90% of the 1.2 billion people living in extreme poverty depend on forests for some part of their livelihoods.

World Bank

 

 

28 million Africans face severe food shortages.

Sustainability Now

 

 

Women produce half of all food that is grown.

World Rural Women's Day

 

 

Women produce 80 percent of the food grown in Africa.

World Rural Women's Day

 

 

Women receive only 5 percent of all agricultural extension resources.

World Rural Women's Day