USDA’s Rural Development mission area needs enough staff at the local level to help producers take advantage of the array of ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The ongoing government shutdown is set to create growing delays for homebuyers relying on federal ...

Outliers no more, rural communities offer companies advantages that can propel their business to the next level.

Geographical Indications (GIs) serve as a pivotal mechanism in both safeguarding the heritage of local products and promoting rural development. By linking products to their specific place of origin, ...

Glenn Denning is Director of the Earth Institute's Millennium Development Goals Centre in Nairobi, in which he played a lead role in its establishment. He joined the Institute at Columbia University ...

Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development agency is currently conducting a review of all the areas under its jurisdiction to determine which areas no longer ...

At independence, Tanzania inherited the agriculturally based, colonial economic structure together with the First Three Year Plans which had been prepared with the help of the World Bank. After the ...

Four deer stand among the corn stalks in a field along Old Collinsville Road in rural Caseyville Township last week. The area is still farmland, though many subdivisions have been built, or are being ...

Vol. 41, No. 2/3/4, The Chinese State, Local Communities, and Rural Economic Development (SUMMER, FALL, WINTER 2012), pp. 367-417 (51 pages) Published By: The Institute, Inc. This paper examines the ...

Blackburn's podcast "Unmuted" hosted Commissioner Stuart McWhorter of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. McWhorter gave details on the $45 million in funding earmarked for ...