Sentences with phrase «rich rural areas of the country»

Creswell added that this resulted in a drop in agricultural productivity, which led 1.5 million people to migrate from historically agriculturally rich rural areas of the country to urban areas, where economic opportunities were and remain limited.

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Even in rich countries, proposals for «rewilding» — which I strongly support — only stand a chance of success in areas where rural populations have collapsed and formerly subsidised unproductive farms can be shut down to allow them to revert to nature.

As is common with many countries as they industrialize, the usual plagues of poverty — infectious diseases and high infant mortality — have given way to diseases more often associated with affluence, such as heart disease, stroke, and cancer.While this might be expected in China's richer cities, where bicycles are fast being traded in for cars and meat consumption is climbing, it also holds true in rural areas.