-Rural decline is a global challenge. Be it the US, Sweden or Sub-Sahara, urban-rural disparity keeps growing. Not just cities are plagued by “Urban Disease”, rural areas are similarly plagued by “Rural Disease”, though different in a big way.
-How have villages, social fabric, farming and environment been adversely affected by urbanization?
-Countries such as Japan have made efforts to reinvigorate rural areas, and China recently launched a similar strategy of rural reinvigoration. What is our vision of Rural Asia in the next 10-20 years? Where should we start to make it happen?