South Africa's unemployment rate is almost 32%. In rural areas such as Limpopo, the agriculture sector employs close to a ...

Young farmers in Ethiopia, Ghana and Malawi are less likely than older farmers to use improved seeds and fertilizers or receive advice from extension officers. Many governments are concerned about the ...

Indonesian villages have been rated among the most attractive local areas in the world, offering nature, authentic cultures and local life. Indonesia is set to develop and promote rural tourism in its ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. This is a guest post by Owen Cylke. Mr. Cylke is a development professional and a ...

Think Forward is a blog written by staff of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy covering sustainability as it intersects with food, rural development, international trade, the environment ...

GONE are the days when African rural areas were associated with backwardness. With many indigenous food commodities like wild fruits and tubers from rural areas commercialising themselves through ...

Glenn Denning is Director of the Earth Institute's Millennium Development Goals Centre in Nairobi, in which he played a lead role in its establishment. He joined the Institute at Columbia University ...

Roads are the lifelines of Africa's economies, connecting people, goods, and services across vast distances. They move produce from farms to markets, workers to factories, students to schools, and ...

An audacious effort joined two disparate communities, who say they all suffer from the staggering violence and crime affecting the country.

African American communities in rural Ohio began not long after Ohio became a state in 1803. Kenyon College professor Ric Sheffield says many people still aren't familiar with this side of Ohio's ...