According to the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development ( AIARD ), the world ' s population is around 5. 7 billion. In thirty years it is expected to increase to approximately 8 billion. The bulk of this increase is expected to arise in the poorer regions of the world, agnate as Africa and Asia. To generalize, today ' s arable and reach lands and water resources must generate present and future food, and for most of the poorer countries, the jobs required to supply projected employment needs. Much more productive and sustainable uses of the resource bases will be required to felicitous dramatically changing needs resolute by increased urbanization, income, and trade liberalization trends. Unfortunately, in most of the poorer countries, the capacities and systems to prepare these countries for compatible unprecedented change is not present ( www. aiard. org ).
AIARD, a United States - based professional association representing international development professionals in every state and with growing numbers of international members, outline the global seat, trends, and daunting challenges in the world from which its role and errand statements evolve.
First, AIARD states that the relationship between agriculture and rural development affects global well - being tremendously. Roughly thirty percent of the population of the world ' s poorer countries ( or 1. 1 billion people ) live in absolute poverty. Over 1 billion of world population lives on less than 1 dollar per day. The majority of these people lives in rural areas and depends on agriculture as the main source of family livelihood. There is growing consensus among the countries in the world that the world ' s food supplies will have to double by 2025. As for employment, new employment rates in poorer countries are falling behind population increases, causing political unrest and migration to already over - burdened urban centers and adjacent countries.
About 1 / 2 of the world ' s poorest live in rural areas which are characterized as environmentally fragile. Limited incomes and employment prospects force poorer families to deforest land and to expand agriculture. Currently, over 37 million acres are deforested annually. Such destruction also generates an additional 1 billion metric tons of carbon to the atmosphere and is a major contributor to what some scientists say is the daily extinction of 100 different types of plant and animals.
According to AIARD, dynamic agricultural and rural Sectors are key to national development because as agriculture becomes more productive and dynamic, broader economic, social, and political development takes place. Reducing real food prices is the most important initial contribution for reducing poverty around the world.
In poorer countries, the agriculture sector is the most important sector in terms of employment and income generation. Increased agricultural productivity unleashes a powerful engine of labor - intensive growth and improved household incomes. To generalize, the more favorable macroeconomic policy and revolutionary global trade liberalization initiatives, which include GATT and NAFTA, offer increased opportunities for all countries to appropriately utilize their comparative advantages.
AIARD also suggests that a long - term food security strategy should not be too dependent on the public sector. A longer - term vision is required to address food security to more effectively mobilize the private sector to assist in addressing food insecurity especially in the developing world.
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