Social protection and agriculture: breaking the cycle of rural poverty

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on reducing poverty have been met by many countries, yet many others lag behind and the post-2015 challenge will be the full eradication of poverty and hunger. Many developing countries increasingly recognize that social protection measures are needed to relieve the immediate deprivation of people living in poverty and to prevent others from falling into poverty when a crisis strikes. This edition of The State of Food and Agriculture 2015 makes the case that social protection measures will help break the cycle of rural poverty and vulnerability, when combined with broader agricultural and rural development measures.
1. Social protection and agriculture to break the cycle of rural poverty -- 2. Social protection for rural poverty reduction and increased food security -- 3. The potential impacts of social protection on investment and growth -- 4. Understanding what works: implications for programme design and implementation -- 5. Social protection and agricultural development -- 6. Conclusions: building on synergies between social protection and agricultural policies to break the cycle of rural poverty.

xvii, 129 p. : ill., graphs, tables

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-127).

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