Rural Poverty

Poverty is one of the major characteristics of underdeveloped, undeveloped and developing nation. Absence of any things which we are in need of is poverty. Definition of poverty does not only mean lack of sufficient incomes but lack of many other things like education, safe drinking water, political participation and so on. Poverty is a result of social phenomenon, which is the result of social and economic inequality.  

Poverty is the condition of lacking full access to fundamental human needs such as food, shelter and safe drinking water. Poverty is a condition measured only in terms of living standard and resources of a given society at a particular time. Poverty is not only lack of basic needs but lack of anything which we need is poverty. So, poverty is not only cause by low revenue. Deforestation, intensive farming are some of the environmental factors that cause poverty.