Rural development generally refers to the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas. Rural development has ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2012- Most of the debate over the 2012 Farm Bill has centered on building a better safety net for farmers and ranchers who face extreme volatility with prices and production. At ...

Rural Americans are confident that major problems facing their local communities can be solved in five years, but most think they cannot be fixed without outside help. So says the 2018 Robert Wood ...

A briefing session for all Divisional Secretaries across the country on the government’s flagship “Praja Shakthi” national ...

The historic development of a nonprofit organization designed to improve rural health services in Colorado is described and some of the major problems of rural health are discussed. This corporation, ...

How do we build thriving rural communities in the 21st century? The labor-intensive, extractive industries paradigm that has long powered rural economies—think agriculture, manufacturing, mining, ...

Hilda Legg (right), Kentucky State Director, USDA Rural Development, speaks with Director of National Drug Control Policy Jim Carroll and Volunteers of America Mid-States’ President and CEO Jennifer ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 (Bernama) -- A collaborative approach between corridor authorities (PBK) and regional development agencies (LKW) must become the foundation for a more progressive and resilient ...

The Department of Agriculture will not be shy about asking Congress for help on cybersecurity and IT, the agency’s undersecretary for rural development nominee told senators Wednesday. Smith co-signed ...

Changing Traditional Gender Roles "From Within" Rather Than "From Without" The distinctiveness of household-based approaches to training and extension is that they bring about changes in gender ...