Unit 1: What is Rural Development?

In order to alleviate or mitigate the livelihood of the rural population, policy makers embarked on rural development, despite limited resources particularly money and manpower, as a program that would reach out to a large proportion of the low-income rural population. Rural Development is regarded as an integral part of social planning in the.

The rural development measures reinforce the market measures and income supports of the CAP with strategies and funding to strengthen the EU’s agri-food and forestry sectors, environmental sustainability, and the wellbeing of rural areas in general. The three long-term rural development objectives for the 2014-20 period include.

Economic Development in Urban Areas Economic change has helped lead America into urban crisis for the following reasons. First of all, because urban problems are no longer confined to the inner city, but are regional in nature. The federal government has, also, largely drawn from the urban policy.

About 60% of Ghana’s population lives in rural areas and this can be regarded as a channel for economic growth and development in the rural areas and the country as a whole. This trend is a great potential and when adequately harnessed can lead to sustainable rural development. To achieve this, various strategies are designed to improve the.

We support the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE), which works to make England’s agriculture and forestry sectors more competitive, to improve the quality of life in rural areas and.

The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) first reviewed Rural Development at its third session in 1995, when it noted with concern that, even though some progress had been reported, disappointment is widely expressed at the slow progress in moving towards sustainable agriculture and rural development in many countries.

IMPACT OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT ON SUSTAINABLE RURAL LIVELIHOODS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Ismail I Ahmed with Michael Lipton Institute of Development Studies and Poverty Research Unit, University of Sussex IDS Working Paper 62 Summary This paper reviews the impact of structural adjustment on sustainability of rural livelihoods. It unpacks the.

Master Thesis in Rural Development with Specialization in Livelihood and Natural Resource Management Climate change and farmers’ adaptation A case study of mixed - farming systems in the coastal area in Trieu Van commune, Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province, Vietnam Le Thi Hong Phuong, Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, Viet Nam.

Rural development is the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas, often relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas. Rural development has traditionally centered on the exploitation of land-intensive natural resources such as agriculture and forestry.However, changes in global production networks and increased urbanization have.

For the development of the rural areas, during recent years, the concept of integrated rural development has been widely accepted, and the aim of this paper is to introduce this concept and the problems of its operationalization.

Inspired by the vision of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, The Art of Living has been working relentlessly towards empowering rural communities through programs like the 5H program, Light A Home Project, and Sri Sri Natural Farming.These rural development programs seek to build harmony and boost the emotional, physical and economic well-being in rural and tribal areas.

The Rural development Program of The Art of Living is predominantly driven by the yuvacharyas.The yuvacharyas are the youth from the local communities in the villages who have undergone the Youth Leadership Training Program (YLTP). This gives them the skills, motivation and abilities to initiate and lead service projects in their own villages and localities based on their needs.