Education and food security

Abstract

Education is closely related to food security. On one hand, food insecure children who are undernourished or malnourished cannot attend school especially in rural areas, and even they do so, it is difficult for them to succeed in developing their cognitive skills compared to peer. On the other hand, education is seen as a crucial key element to achieve food security. It is therefore important to focus on primary education, female education, higher education in agriculture and last and not least on informal education of family farmers.