Rural areas can provide a rich context for learning science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), but these communities and the students in them are often overlooked in ongoing efforts to ...

Rural Development is included as one of the thematic areas along with Agriculture, Land, Drought, Desertification and Africa in the third implementation cycle CSD16/17.

Laurie Brintle-Jarvis, director of the Wilkes Community College Small Business Center; Thomas Salley, director of Wilkes County Tourism Development Authority; and Jessica Icenhour Roberts, on staff at ...

World Rural Development Day is an observance that highlights the importance of sustainable development in rural areas, where a significant portion of the global population lives and work ...