In California’s Tulare County, the adjacent towns of Cutler and Orosi have long benefited from USDA rural development programs that have helped provide access to water and sewer systems and housing for farm workers and low-income families. But then came ...

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 Thursday. Former Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small ...

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 the socioeconomic or the environmental Goals of this Agenda.

ural development globally faces interconnected challenges, including poverty, food insecurity and lack of economic opportunities, inadequate infrastructure and the impacts of climate change. These challenges are worsened by socio-cultural issues like ...

The Kano State Government has unveiled the Kano State Integrated Rural and Sustainable Community Development Plan (2026–2030), a five-year strategic roadmap designed to accelerate development across rural communities through inclusive planning,

ALMOST two years ago, following a proposal by Bangladesh and supported by the Philippines, India, Nepal, Peru and Thailand, the United Nations General Assembly officially declared every July 6 as World Rural Development Day.