Elaine Loughlin: What's the cost of rural development - no really, tell us the cost How many jobs might be created through this new plan to rejuvenate rural towns and villages? We couldn't ...

But it hides the fact that it is rural development which is really being savaged by the reform. Like all negotiations, the outcome depends on your standpoint. From the point of view of farmers ...

Scotland’s version of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) is expected to be approved by Brussels by mid-November 2007. The programme is to be rolled out in spring 2008, with £1.6bn to be ...

Simpiwe Somdyala, CEO of the Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency, speaks about the agency’s ambitious plans to ...

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, ...

EU farmers are “very concerned” about the impact of the European Commission’s change of heart on biofuels, claiming the EU's restrictive policy is putting thousands of rural jobs at risk.

Education has a desirable controlling influence over development of the rural individual, family, community, and society, leading to reduced poverty, income equity, and controlled unemployment.

Communities looking to qualify for USDA rural development programs must first prove that they meet the government's definition of 'rural.' ...