It reaffirms the General Assembly’s unwavering commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This declaration, steeped in the spirit of international solidarity, acknowledges the ...

Rural development is not as well known as the divisions of USDA that distribute farm subsidies and food stamps, but it is becoming more prominent as the number of farmers declines and nonfarm business ...

On 6 August, I had an opportunity to deliver the 11th Annual Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Lecture at the University of Limpopo. The theme was on the role of agriculture in improving rural development.

Open Access Government underscores the Common Agricultural Policy as a key example of European Union agriculture and rural ...

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 ...

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Ndey-Isatou Njie is Chief of Water Energy and Capacity Development Branch, Division for Sustainable Development, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Tacko Ndiaye is Policy ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Peter Welch announced that he will be chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Rural Development and Energy Subcommittee during the 118th Congress. Welch will also serve on ...

Most of the presidential candidates, including President Donald Trump, support using taxpayer funds to provide direct subsidies to farmers through price support, federal crop insurance, and other farm ...