{"id":2581,"date":"2018-10-19T10:56:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T09:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2018-10-19T10:56:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T09:56:18","slug":"the-state-of-food-and-agriculture-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/2018\/10\/19\/the-state-of-food-and-agriculture-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of Food and Agriculture 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h1>The State of Food and Agriculture 2018 <strong>Migration, agriculture and rural development<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Migration is an expanding global reality which allows millions of people to seek new opportunities, but it also involves challenges for migrants and societies. Are there specific policy directions that governments should keep in mind to maximize the opportunities migration brings while minimizing its challenges? Can investments help make migration a voluntary choice and not a desperate need or a last resort? By looking at how internal and international migratory flows link to economic development, demographic change, and natural-resource pressure, <a href=\"http:\/\/newsletters.fao.org\/c\/1mcw6r9LLhRJciGqAumJ2auZ\"><strong>The State of Food and Agriculture 2018<\/strong><\/a>, explores answers to these questions. The report also provides a thorough analysis of the factors which contribute to migration decisions and recommends tailored policy and investment responses to make migration work for all. We invite you to<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/newsletters.fao.org\/c\/1mcw6CG74nbY3uMAmAuc8pqW\">download\u00a0the report<\/a><\/strong>, which is available in <a href=\"http:\/\/newsletters.fao.org\/c\/1mcw6OcsnswcUGSK8GBFeEmT\">all UN languages<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State of Food and Agriculture 2018 Migration, agriculture and rural development &nbsp; Migration is an expanding global reality which allows millions of people to seek new opportunities, but it also involves challenges for migrants and societies. Are there specific policy directions that governments should keep in mind to maximize the opportunities migration brings while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jyTh-FD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2094,"url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/2017\/12\/11\/deccma-team-participates-in-fao-regional-meeting-in-ghana\/","url_meta":{"origin":2581,"position":0},"title":"DECCMA team participates in FAO Regional Meeting in Ghana","author":"katharinevincent","date":"11th December 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"by Prosper Adiku DECCMA was invited to make a presentation at the Food and Agriculture Organisation Regional Meeting held in Akosombo, Ghana from November 20-24, 2017; and hosted a field visit to the Volta delta. 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