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After COVID-19, a rural revolution can drive sustainable recovery

Anil Salunkhe, a farmer, feeds strawberries to his cow during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Darewadi village in Satara district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, April 1, 2020. Picture taken April 1, 2020

Farming skills and self-sufficiency must be at the heart of every country's sustainable recovery plans Image: REUTERS/Rajendra Jadhav

Shanu Hinduja
Chair of Hinduja Bank and Co-Chair, , United Nations Global Accelerator
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