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United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome (Italy). – 1977
Fifteen papers on aspects of education and training for agriculture and rural development are contained in this journal for 1977. Several deal with the rising need for more direct participation by the farmers, landless workers, foresters, and fishermen for whom rural education and training systems are designed to supplement traditional types of…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Agricultural Colleges, Agricultural Education
Download full textBREATHITT, EDWARD T. – 1967
OUR NATION IS PLAGUED WITH RURAL POVERTY EXTENDING THROUGH MOST AREAS OF OUR COUNTRY AND ENCOMPASSING SOME 14 MILLION RURAL PERSONS. THIS TOTAL NUMBER WOULD BE EVEN LARGER IF SO MANY RURAL PERSONS HAD NOT MIGRATED INTO THE URBAN AREAS OF OUR COUNTRY. THE RURAL POOR POPULATION IS CHARACTERIZED BY--LOW INCOME, A HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (4 PERCENT…
Descriptors: Community, Community Development, Development, Economically Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1977
Analyzing 1975 Federal Outlays for 275 programs in terms of rural development and government services, this 7th annual report to the Congress pursuant to Title IX, Section 901 (e) of the Agricultural Act of 1970 includes tabular and narrative data pertaining to: metropolitan and nonmetropolitan distribution; regional distribution (census regions);…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Annual Reports, Census Figures, Community Development
Ekanayake, S. B. – 1979
Representatives from 15 villages participated in a workshop planned to give teachers in rural small schools an understanding of the nature and problems of the small school and its community, an appreciation of the cultural background of village people, and the skills to implement practical village development programs. Prior to the workshop,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Cross Cultural Training
Swick, Kevin J.; Henley, Lawrence J. – 1975
A review of research on rural/small schools' problems, prospects, and possible alternatives indicates that these schools find themselves in a cycle of financial trouble, community disintegration, and dwindling population; they face problems such as low tax base, lack of financial support by state and federal government, inadequate facilities and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Employment Opportunities, Facilities, Federal Government
Rural America, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1977
Recommendations which emerged from the Second and Third National Conferences on Rural America are presented in this revised platform of principles and policy recommendations for rural America. Major goal of the document is to find practical solutions to problems facing rural people so that strategies of rural revitalization and action can be…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Change Strategies, Community Development, Conference Reports
Baldwin, Barbara, Ed. – Western Wire, 1995
Articles in this theme issue are based on presentations at the Pathways from Poverty Workshop held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on May 18-25, 1995. The event aimed to foster development of a network to address rural poverty issues in the Western Rural Development Center (WRDC) region. Articles report on outcomes from the Pathways from Poverty…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Capitalism, Change Strategies, Community Development
Beaulieu, Lionel J., Ed.; Mulkey, David, Ed. – 1995
This book provides an overview of existing human resource conditions in rural America; examines key economic, social, and technological forces shaping the future viability of rural areas; describes human capital issues for rural women and minority groups; and outlines strategies to strengthen rural human capital resources. Chapters are: (1)…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Change, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1981
The report of a regional seminar on rural development planning specifies as its objectives: to study the problems of rural development planning, and to elucidate training requirements for managers of rural development projects, with particular reference to the links between education and productive work and employment. The first chapter gives…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Partnership for Rural Improvement, Pullman, WA. – 1983
An annotated bibliography lists publications, films, slides, and tapes issued by Washington State University's Partnership for Rural Improvement (PRI) between 1976 and 1983. A section covering educational materials lists 10 guides, reports and case studies; 1 film; 1 slide presentation; 3 video cassettes/tapes; and 7 audio tapes. Subjects dealt…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiotape Recordings, Change Agents
ASPBAE Courier Service, 1982
This journal contains a series of articles dealing with the theme of development in Asia and rural Indonesia. Included in the journal are the following articles: "Nonformal Education in Rural Areas of Developing Countries," by members of the Rural Project Team from the Centre for Continuing Education at Australian National University;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Continuing Education, Developing Nations
Fitzsimmons, Stephen J.; Freedman, Abby J. – 1981
The study documents what happened in 10 rural communities when a federal educational funding program (Experimental Schools) in 1972 provided 5-year grants for demonstration projects designed both to improve the school system and, through the schools, to address a variety of community needs. The study employs two strategies to document the ways in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Community Attitudes, Community Change
Pillai, K. Sivadasan – 1978
An attempt to integrate socioeconomic development with literacy through nonformal education programs in Kerala, India, involved illiterate and semi-literate adults (1050 men, 450 women) in two pilot literacy projects organized by the Sanghom (library organization), Mitraniketan, and state government. Two literacy primers were developed, using an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Age Differences
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 1979
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), established by Congress in 1965, is a unique partnership of federal, state, and local government action attempting to provide every person living in the region with the health and skills needed to compete in everyday life and to attract new industry to the region, thus providing more jobs and a more…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Services, Construction Programs, Economic Development
Manitoba Dept. of Agriculture, Winnipeg. – 1978
In the 1970's Rural Development Counselors and Community Affairs Specialists of the Manitoba Department of Agriculture were part of an effort to reverse trends of economic depression and rapid outward migration from rural to urban centers by assisting rural Manitobans individually, in groups, and as communities. Low- to moderate-income farmers and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Community Planning, Community Problems
