Reuters published an opinion article co-authored by IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan and UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner based on a report chapter in the 2019 Global Food Policy Report. Fan and Steiner highlighted the continuing state of crisis in rural areas in many parts of the world, recommending rural revitalization as a strategy to dramatically transform rural areas making them more productive, sustainable, climate-resilient, healthy, and attractive places to live.
Rural areas are in crisis. Revitalization is the solution (Reuters)
March 27, 2019