USDA Rural Development has served as a conduit for getting federal funds into “some of our smallest communities and rural small businesses,” said Erin Oban, state director for USDA Rural Development.

Additional help through an existing program is meant to create more jobs in every part of the state, especially rural communities.

Ambassador Mohan Pieris, President’s Counsel, has been serving as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York since January 2021. Prior to his appointment, Ambassador ...

The Eastern Shore Delegation is focused on raising and prioritizing the issues that are impacting the Eastern Shore, and this piece of legislation that is moving through the Senate could elevate rural ...

The days of small towns landing a big company are in the past. Amazon didn’t look at Yuba, Wisconsin, or Baxley, Georgia, for its newest headquarters. So how does a rural community create new ...

RALEIGH – Nineteen rural North Carolina communities will participate in a new program to boost their economic development capacity, under a pilot initiative from the state’s Department of Commerce.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that Michigan lost about 1,300 farms between 2023 and 2024.

The Nebraska State Capitol building as seen on the opening day of the Nebraska legislative session, in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. AP Photo/Nati Harnik As the 109th Nebraska Legislature is ...

Rural development is the single most powerful lever for inclusive growth in countries where a large share of the population lives outside cities. For Sri Lanka—where a significant portion of people ...

The mechanization of farming changed the community-based farming model after WWII. Photo by Charles Knowles,used under the CC BY 2.0 license. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is adapted from a paper ...

The flagship rural employment scheme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has significantly reshaped the socio-economic landscape of Mizoram by stabilising rural household incomes ...