Rural community development encompasses a range of approaches and activities that aim to improve the welfare and livelihoods of people living in rural...

people within their communities, whether these be of locality, identity or interest, in urban and rural settings". Community development seeks to empower...

The need for rural communities to approach development from a wider perspective has created more focus on a broad range of development goals rather than...

Asset-based community development (ABCD) is a methodology for the sustainable development of communities based on their strengths and potentials. It involves...

Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.), to administer FmHA community and business programs and other USDA rural development programs...

a subdivision of a district, exclusively for rural development. The concept of the community development block was first suggested by Grow More Food (GMF)...

of Community Development (OCD) is a part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development activities. OCD operates community development programs...

involved and empowered local population is essential to successful rural community development. Robert Chambers, a key exponent of PRA, argued that the approach...

Rural flight (also known as rural-to-urban migration, rural depopulation, or rural exodus) is the migratory pattern of people from rural areas into urban...

design statement Rural community development Rural Development Council ACRE Cheshire Community Action Countryside Agency DEFRA Rural Community Council of Essex...

Ministry of Rural Development, a branch of the Government of India, is entrusted with the task of accelerating the socio-economic development of rural India...

economics which focus more on food systems. Rural development and finance attempt to solve larger challenges within rural economics. These economic issues are...

The Department of Rural and Community Development (Irish: An Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail) is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is...

The community-led local development (CLLD) funding approach is a European Union initiative to support the decentralised management of development projects...

The Minister for Rural and Community Development (Irish: An tAire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and...

England Rural Development Programme was the instrument by which the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) fulfilled its rural development...

Government of Malaysia that is responsible for rural development, regional development, community development, Bumiputera, Orang Asli, rubber industry smallholders...

Veterinary Service and the Regional Development Agency in each English region. Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 Archived 2009-04-13 at the...

concentrated on community development through village development programmes that included agriculture, fisheries, cooperatives, rural crafts, adult literacy...

The Ministry of Livestock and Rural Community Development was a cabinet ministry in the Government of Sri Lanka. Parties   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United...

Community economic development (CED) is a field of study that actively elicits community involvement when working with government and private sectors to...

Common land Communalism Community land trust Community supported fishery Community wealth building Community gardening Development-supported agriculture...

and seasonal events are prominent in rural areas. These tourism activities contribute to rural community development and provide economic benefits, including...

department. The titles of the Departments of Finance, Defence, Rural and Community Development, and Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and...

Community Driven Local Development (CDLD) is a budgetary support programme meant to bring social and structural improvements in Thirteen districts of Khyber...

live in rural areas according to the Food and Agricultural Organization. Some communities have successfully encouraged economic development in rural areas...

The Center for Rural Development in Somerset, Kentucky, was established in March 1996. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The center aims "to provide...

number of different types of rural communities, which have arisen as a result of changing economic trends within rural regions of industrial nations...

The Rural Development Trust Fund, authorized under the United States 1996 farm bill (P.L. 104-127), is used to distribute Rural Community Assistance Program...

The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Located within the Department's Rural Development mission...