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Home  >> Agrarian >> Rural Development >>  World Conference

World Conference On Agrarian Reform And Rural Development

World conference on agrarian reform and rural development was organized in Porto Alegre of Brazil from 7 March to 10 March, 2006. The primary objective of the conference was to assist the poor people of rural areas of the world by increasing their access to land and other necessary resources.

Almost three fourth of the world's total population is poor and most of them are living in rural areas and one way or the other, they depend upon the agricultural production for maintaining their livelihood. The world conference on agrarian reform and rural development principally targets these people to discuss their problems including lines of credit, access to land, agricultural inputs and market.
Participating Countries
Some of the leading countries which participated in world conference on agrarian reform and rural development include Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Congo,Cuba, Egypt, European Community, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Liberia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
Topic of Discussion: World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development 2006
The discussion in the world conference on agrarian reform and rural development 2006 was primarily based on five issues. These are as follows:
  • Adoption of policies and practices for easy access to land, that can eventually promote agrarian reform.

  • Development of local capacities with an intention to enhance the agricultural inputs and agricultural services, that will ultimately boost rural development .

  • Creation of new opportunities for the rural cultivators and communities of the world.
Resolution
In world conference on agrarian reform and rural development 2006, the participating countries primarily agreed upon the following matters:
  • Establishing a common platform of understanding for discussing agrarian reform and rural development.

  • Provision for discussing policy matters and practices on agrarian reform and rural development to boost partnership and global cooperation among different countries of the world.