Last year, the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky provided emergency relief to local businesses, like Sassy Trash, a store in Harlan, Ky., that sells antiques and work by local artists. F rom day one ...

There are numerous challenges to providing high quality STEM education and workforce development in rural areas. Recognizing these challenges, the National Academies was directed to undertake a ...

On February 13, 2025, the Rotary Club of Bombay inaugurated its 40th Integrated Rural Development (IVD) project, along with its partner Chirag Rural Development Foundation. So, why am I writing about ...

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 ...

In India's villages, the hope for prosperity and development is no longer an empty wish. Amit Gupta's company, Agrifields DMCC, alongside the Agrifields Foundation, has stepped in to provide ...

Extreme poverty is mainly a rural phenomenon. Four of every five people below the $1.90-a-day international income poverty line lived in rural areas in 2013 (Castañeda and others, 2018). Over the last ...