A proposed definition of the term rural submitted by the Department of Agriculture to Congress last month could have broad implications for small towns across America - and not everyone is happy about ...

USDA’s Rural Development mission area needs enough staff at the local level to help producers take advantage of the array of available RD programs, witnesses told a House Agriculture Committee panel ...

[imgbelt img=yolo.jpg]Proposed changes in how the USDA defines eligibility for its development programs will improve the department’s service to rural communities, says the deputy undersecretary in ...

Do you live in a rural area? For most of us, that question is relatively easy to answer. We can simply look outside of our windows and make an assessment. This simple question, however, becomes ...

He focused on infrastructure development in rural areas and expressed concerns about the impact of artificial intelligence on ...

An urgent reconsideration of rural development is needed for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The current strategies and patterns of rural development are failing to meet either ...

How do you know if you live in the city or the country? For some, any place without a Whole Foods is rural. For others, a stoplight is a harbinger of urban sprawl. The federal government has more than ...

ural development globally faces interconnected challenges, including poverty, food insecurity and lack of economic opportunities, inadequate infrastructure and the impacts of climate change. These ...

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, ...

Geographical Indications (GIs) serve as a pivotal mechanism in both safeguarding the heritage of local products and promoting rural development. By linking products to their specific place of origin, ...