Dhaka, July 25 -- "Home to 80 per cent of the world's poorest people, the path to a sustainable future runs through rural areas. They remain rich in untapped potential - and inclusive rural transformation will therefore supercharge global development across all other dimensions," said Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ahead of the G20 Development Working Group (DWG) Ministerial Meeting starting on Friday.

At a time when development budgets are shrinking, creating rural jobs through investment to improve food systems and agricultural value chains in the world's developing countries has proven to be effective at lifting people out of poverty. Every dollar invested in transforming food sys...