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 ...

Why? Industrial developers are increasingly searching for larger swaths of land for their data centers, warehouses and ...

Sponsored by Ascendium Education Group, the FORWARD curriculum is designed to support Cooperative Extension Professionals (CEPs) working to address workforce development issues in rural communities.

Vermont Council on Rural Development As the days grow shorter and the air turns crisp, Vermont’s villages and valleys are ...

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

August 15, 2017 – WonderArts Vermont is the recent recipient of a USDA Rural Development – Rural Business Development Grant in the amount of $58,947. This funding supports the purchasing of equipment ...

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 ...

Without a budget compromise, major portions of the Farm Bill will expire on September 30, 2023. A small but important part of the bill is Rural Development, which helps communities with broadband, ...

India’s smallholder and rural development initiatives are emerging as global benchmarks, with agricultural models being ...

IITH’s Rural Development Centre has launched the NBV Skilling Centre to provide rural and semi-urban youth with employable technical skills and entrepreneurial abilities. The initiative aims to foster ...