Rural-urban exodus slowing progress of fight against hunger
A crowd at Nairobi’s Huruma Estate at the site of a collapsed building in 2016. Crime, hunger, traffic congestion and poor living conditions are consequences of rural-urban migration. PHOTO FILE | NATION
Long seen as a getaway from poverty, rural-urban migration is now casting a shadow on the prospects of eradicating poverty and hunger in the world, as explosive urbanisation robs the rural areas of the young labour force needed for transformation, according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
The State Of Food and Agriculture 2017 report says that rural areas are significant to economic growth in developing countries and quicker and efficient transformations to help unlock their full potential will enable the rural areas employ ‘younger, crowded planet’.
