Ethiopia: Rural-Urban Interlink & Sustainable Development

Speeding up rural development is vital for urban development. A stronger purchasing power for 85 per cent of the population, farmers, creates a bigger market for small to large enterprises. As agriculture is a main source of raw materials for enterprises, its development ensures their abundance and reasonable price. Agriculture also feeds the whole population. That is why agriculture led development strategy is said to be the only way to develop.

On the other hand, urban and industrial developments contribute a lot to agricultural development. Farmers need local and foreign markets to sell their surplus product. Similarly, agricultural productivity grows with the involvement of inputs (fertilizers, pesticides) made in the cities. Cities also produce consumer goods and household furniture that gets more in demand with the income growth farmers experience as a result to rural development. Therefore, rural and urban development are interlinked with the former playing a leading role to achieve the latter. However, picking up the pace of rural development for a long period of time requires a matching pace in urban development.

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