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 blog highlights and summarizes a policy brief written by Catherine Brinkley, an associate professor of Human Ecology and Director of the Center for Regional Change at UC Davis, and M. Anne Visser, ...

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 ...

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.

Agriculture provides crucial income and employment to rural communities worldwide. However, agricultural productivity is directly threatened by climate change, while food systems contribute to ...

Rural Kentucky stands at an economics crossroads. Balancing Kentucky’s energy portfolio and rural development can restore those communities and chart a new path forward. With the elections this ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks with reporters outside the White House, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Reductions in staff and office closures loom ...

Iowa will receive an infusion of $152 million in federal money toward 19 rural development projects across the state in what U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins called an "unprecedented" effort ...

For decades, Democrats have been losing rural America by ever-worsening margins. If they could perform even 5 percent better in rural counties, the political landscape would be transformed. In the ...