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Note: This article provides definition of Rural development. See Rural Development
Rural development

Rural development in general is used to denote the actions and initiatives taken to improve the standard of living in non-Urban neighbourhoods, countryside, and remote villages....
 for Rural Development Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA RD).


Rural development in general is used to denote the actions and initiatives taken to improve the standard of living in non-Urban neighbourhoods, countryside, and remote villages. These communities can be exemplified with a low ratio of inhabitants to open space.






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Note: This article provides definition of Rural development. See Rural Development
Rural development

Rural development in general is used to denote the actions and initiatives taken to improve the standard of living in non-Urban neighbourhoods, countryside, and remote villages....
 for Rural Development Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA RD).


Rural development in general is used to denote the actions and initiatives taken to improve the standard of living in non-Urban neighbourhoods, countryside, and remote villages. These communities can be exemplified with a low ratio of inhabitants to open space. Agricultural activities may be prominent in this case whereas economic activities would relate to the primary sector, production of foodstuffs
Food

Food is any substance, usually composed of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and water, that can be Eating or Drinking by an animal or human for nutrition or pleasure....
 and raw materials.

Development actions


Rural development actions mostly aim at the social
Social development

Social development is a process which results in the transformation of social structures in a manner which improves the capacity of the society to fulfill its aspirations....
 and economic development
Economic development

Economic development is the development of wealth of countries or regions for the well-being of their inhabitants. It is the process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well being of its people....
 of the areas. These programs are usually top-down from the local
Localism

Localism may refer to:*Localism *Localism in Thailand, sustainability, moderation and broad-based development*Surf localism, conflicts for large waves...
 or regional
Régional

R?gional Compagnie A?rienne Europ?enne, or R?gional for short, is a subsidiary airline wholly owned by Air France which connects hubs at Paris, Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, and Bordeaux to 49 airports in Europe....
 authorities, regional development agencies
Regional Development Agency

A regional development agency is a non-departmental public body established for the purpose of development, primarily economic, of one of England's Government Office regions....
, NGOs, national governments or international development organizations. But then, local populations can also bring about endogenous initiatives for development
Development

Development may refer to:...
. The term is not limited to the issues for developing countries. In fact many of the developed countries have very active rural development programs.

Rural development agencies

  • Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)
    Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)

    The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU was established in 1983 under the Lom? Convention between the ACP countries and List of European Union member states....
     Agricultural and rural information provider
  • Rural Development
    Rural development

    Rural development in general is used to denote the actions and initiatives taken to improve the standard of living in non-Urban neighbourhoods, countryside, and remote villages....
     (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA RD)
  • (RDC) of Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland

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  • England Rural Development Programme
    England Rural Development Programme

    England Rural Development Programme is the instrument by which the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs fulfills its rural development obligations in England, as set out by the European Union....
     by DEFRA
  • in Pakistan
    Pakistan

    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
  • , India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  • Agricultural Development & Training Society, India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....


See also


  • Rural
    Rural

    Rural areas are large and isolated areas of a country, often with low populations. Today, 75 percent of the United States' inhabitants live in suburban and urban areas, but cities occupy only 2 percent of the country....
  • C@R, Collaboration at Rural is a collaborative platform for working and living in rural Areas. This project is co-funded by European Commission
    European Commission

    The European Commission is the executive of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Treaties of the European Union and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
    . ,
  • Comilla Project, the first comprehensive rural development project in developing countries.
  • District Rural Development Agencies (India)
    District Rural Development Agencies (India)

    District Rural Development Agencies are district level development execution and monitoring agencies created under the Indian Societies Registration Act....
  • International Fund for Agricultural Development
    International Fund for Agricultural Development

    The International Fund for Agricultural Development , a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference....
     (IFAD)
  • Regional development
    Regional development

    Regional development is the provision of aid and other assistance to regions which are less economically developed. Regional development may be domestic or international in nature....
  • Tamil Nadu Rural Development Department.


External links


  • Edited by Steven Haggblade, Peter B. R. Hazell, and Thomas Reardon (2007), Johns Hopkins University Press
  • CNN - , The George Foundation
    The George Foundation

    The George Foundation is a non-governmental organization established in 1995 with head office in Bangalore, India. Its founder is Dr. Abraham M....
  • from the Overseas Development Institute
    Overseas Development Institute

    The Overseas Development Institute is one of the leading independent think tanks on international development and humanitarian issues. Based in London, its mission is "to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing cou...