Multifunctional agriculture encompasses the deliberate integration of food production with a spectrum of environmental, social and cultural functions, thereby transcending traditional productivist ...

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, ...

The Governance of China, President Xi noted that "targeted poverty alleviation has proved to be the 'magic weapon' for ...

At Campo Capital, we are firmly convinced that rural development is crucial for both economic growth and social wellbeing. Our primary objective is to allocate capital into rural areas in South ...

On May 27, the 2026 Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum was held in Beijing. At the forum's opening ceremony, the Global Partnership for Poverty Alleviation and Development was officially ...

An urgent reconsideration of rural development is needed for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The current strategies and patterns of rural development are failing to meet either ...

New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The Government of India, in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), today launched a new eight-year Country Strategic ...

FullScale and All4Ed launched the Rural AI Strategy Lab: The six-month initiative brings together 13 school and district teams to explore, pilot, and implement AI in rural teaching and learning.

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Acting FCC ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s new $50 billion rural hospital fund is a positive step toward advancing rural health infrastructure — but short-term injections of cash won’t fix deeply rooted ...

For decades, the global conversation on development has been dominated by a singular, persistent anxiety: whether the rapid urbanisation of the developing world is an inescapable tragedy for the ...