Rural Development

Help Me to Support Education and Orphan Care in Bihar, India

Jim Luce | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Ranjan Kumar, Orphan Care, Gyanjyoti Rural Elementary School, Luce Leader, Gyanjyoti Rural Development Welfare Trust, Bataspur Village, Pilgrimage, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Education, Bodh Gaya, India, Orphans International Worldwide, Bihar, Hinduism, Rural Development, Impact News
Jim Luce

One of the highlights of my pilgrimage to India has been meeting Ranjan Kumar, founder and president of the Gyanjyoti Rural Development Welfare Trust.

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Major Agency To Close Hundreds Of Offices In Cost Cutting Bid

Reuters | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Video, Foreign Agricultural Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Farm Service Agency, Reuters, U.S. Agriculture Department, Usda, Food and Nutrition Service, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Rural Development, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Business News

* Closings will save $150 million a year * Half will be local county offices * Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee hit hardest ...

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Plotting a Path to a More Peaceful World

Tim Hanstad | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Farming, India, Odisha, Security, Land Rights, Peace, Rural Development, Agriculture, Chillipoi Land Rights, Chillipoi Village, Impact News
Tim Hanstad

Tis the season when hope for peace runs high. The season when I renew my commitment to creating a better world, based in large measure on the experiences of villagers across the globe, like the ones I met in Chillipoi.

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Growing Tomorrow's Leaders, One Land Title at a Time

Tim Hanstad | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Government, Usaid, India, Unesco, Millennium Development Goals, Tuition Fees, Primary-Education, Rural Development, Land Rights, Landesa, Odisha, Education News
Tim Hanstad

It should be simple. A country ensures free education for all children, and everyone benefits. But we all know it's not that easy.

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Movements Unite In Mali, Confronting Powerful Interests

Salena Tramel | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Mali, Via Campesina, Social Movements, Rural Development, Land Grab, World News, World News
Salena Tramel

Last week, peasants from across Africa and around the world worked together to envision communities where land is more than a commodity.

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Rebuilding El Salvador Sustainably

Vicki Gass | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: El Salvador, Immigration, Migration, Rural Development, Climate Change, Flooding, Sustainable Development, World News
Vicki Gass

What was more terrible than the civil war of the 1980s and Hurricane Mitch, which ravaged the region in 1998? Tropical Depression 12-E, a storm that dropped more than five feet of water over ten days, forcing 60,000 people into shelters.

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A Decade Later "New Markets" Continues to Build Opportunity in an America Left Behind

Michael A. Siegel | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Rural Communities, Bill Clinton, Tax Credits, New Markets, Urban Revitalization, Economy, Treasury Department, Private Investment, Jobs, Rural Development, The New Markets Tax Credit Coalition, Business News
Michael A. Siegel

"New Markets" encourages private investments from corporations and individuals who might never consider buying into "high-risk areas." The cost to taxpayers have created nearly 500,000 jobs at a cost of less than $12,000 each.

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Reimagining Israel's Negev

Salena Tramel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renewable Resources, Salena Tramel, Al-Arakib, Negev, Unrecognized Villages, Resettlement, Grassroots International, Palestinian Home Demolition, Israel, Rural Development, World News, Bustan, World News
Salena Tramel

Down south in the Negev desert, increasing militarization is constant --at least 80% of the land there is used for military training purposes, including weaponry development.

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Real India: At Koshy's Cafe, The Talk of Bangalore (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Koshy's, Politics, India, Bangalore, Chris Lydon, Christopher-Lydon, Cafe Culture, Casablanca, Real India, Christopher Lydon, Multinational Corporations, Poverty, Pakistan, Economy, Information Technology, Urbanism, Industry, Entrepreneurship, India Pakistan Relations, Rural Development, Politics News
Christopher Lydon

"... And our nation, though it has no drinking water, electricity, sewage system, public transportation, sense of hygiene, discipline, courtesy or ...

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The Future of Factory Farming: Barack Obama and the "Rural Agenda"

David Kirby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Epa, Usda, Animal Welfare, Water Pollution, Cafo, Factory Farms, Obama, Air Pollution, Rural Development, Food, Healthy Living News
David Kirby

If elected, Obama promised, he would convene a major national summit on rural issues within 100 days of taking office. Across the country, rural activists held their breath.

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What a New 'New Deal' Should and Should not Include for Agriculture and Rural America

Thomas Dobbs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Policy, Economic Recovery, Green Infrastructure, New Deal, Economy, Rural Development, Agricultural Policy, Politics News
Thomas Dobbs

In building 'green' infrastructure, Obama should abandon the misguided federal mandates and subsidies for ethanol and focus on infrastructure for renewable energy sources.

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