In the context of the 2030 Agenda, the importance of rural development is further increased by its role in Sustainable Development Goals 1 (“End poverty in all its forms everywhere") and 2 (“End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture”). In this context, graduation with momentum is also likely to require measures to redress the limited availability of skills, for example through appropriate vocational training schemes and initiatives to match school curricula with the market’s needs. It provides a source of demand for agricultural outputs and of finance for agricultural investment, facilitates the supply of agricultural inputs, and can increase the tradability of agricultural produce and provide opportunities for greater value addition.