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 ...

The Department of Agriculture will not be shy about asking Congress for help on cybersecurity and IT, the agency’s undersecretary for rural development nominee told senators Wednesday. Smith co-signed ...

In India, agriculture is far more than a means of earning a livelihood; it is a way of life that has shaped villages, ...

In this April 5, 2010 photo, Lisa Kartek stands near an open field and looks toward the home she purchased in Annandale, Minnesota, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development ...

What contributes to rural livability in the US? It depends on who you are and what you want from your community.

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, ...

BEIJING, March 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- An opinion article from Matteo Marchisio, the Country Director and IFAD Representative (China, Republic of Korea, and DPRK) and Head of East Asia Regional Hub ...

The rising risks and uncertainties in the external environment — from climate change to regional geopolitical tensions — serve as a sober reminder to China's policymakers of the need to consolidate ...

The importance of rural health research and lessons learned are shared by University at Buffalo investigators and their community partners. “In New York State, rural poverty is a long and ongoing ...

A public hearing will be held May 8 at which County Commissioners will discuss pushing an existing Rural Protection Zone boundary four miles south to the Pace/Allentown fire district demarcation line ...