Community leaders, residents, and USDA Rural Development representatives gather in Loveland, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2024. RD's Community Facilities program allowed them to break ground on a new, ...

Infrastructure projects in western Iowa are among those receiving a financial boost from USDA Rural Development.

Rural development programs aim to spur business development and improve rural quality of life. These programs directly affect the economic health of rural areas in real ways, such as by providing ...

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 ...

Promoting sustainable development in both urban and rural areas has become a globally shared concern. Urban–rural ...

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, ...

Promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development (SARD) is the subject of chapter 14 of Agenda 21. The major objective of SARD is to increase food production in a sustainable way and enhance ...

A net-zero and equitable economy requires the participation and leadership of rural communities, enabled by foundational rural investments in the Build Back Better ...

BANGKOK: Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Dato Seri Setia Awang Nazmi Awang Mohamad underscored the importance of ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A new director for handling rural affairs in Washington is now in the U.S. Capitol building. President Biden announced eight new USDA regional positions, with Washington receiving a ...