rural development

A woman at a shop selling vegetables and produce grown by local farmers in a rural village in Surkhet district, Nepal.

IFAD/Sanjit Das/Panos

UN agency sets ambitious target to reduce hunger and poverty for millions worldwide

13 February 2018

Amid a global rise in hunger and poverty on back of the impacts of climate change and conflict, the United Nations rural development agency today announced an ambitious target to generate resources to fund loans and grants to enable millions in developing countries strengthen their food security and livelihoods.

UN Photo/Matt Wells

Development “used to break my heart:” GA chief on Quito walkabout

18 October 2016

General News

The rush to leave the countryside for cities in the past used to leave the current President of the UN General Assembly feeling heartbroken.

Speaking from personal experience, Peter Thomson said that rural development projects used to go to waste thanks to depopulation in poorer countries, until the arrival of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs.

Economic development in the rural areas of several nations in the Western Balkans is lagging behind

New UN report spotlights challenges to rural development in Western Balkans

2 July 2009

Economic development in the rural areas of several nations in the Western Balkans is being hindered by challenges related to agriculture, climate change and migration, according to a new report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Bank.

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