Since the Gambia was overwhelmingly agricultural and rural, the Government needed to develop a comprehensive rural development policy, in particular to improve the lives and rights of rural women.

The Bank s policy work has re affirmed the notion that rural producer organizations are fundamental building blocks of agricultural development.

Ms. Fye Hydara (Gambia) said it was true that the Government of the Gambia lacked an overall rural development policy.

During this period, the Vietnamese State places great premium on development of social welfare policy, especially for rural and remote areas.

10 Household food security implications for policy and action for rural poverty alleviation and nutrition , International Fund for Agricultural Development, 1996.

Rural and agricultural development

Rural development and agriculture

Kerala Rural Development Agency

Lack of unified village development policy deters investments in farming, while possibilities for other kinds of employment in rural areas are minimal.

Improving the situation of rural women through economic advancement is one of the fundamental objectives of the Agricultural Development Policy Letter (ADPL).

Under the Rules of Business this Ministry's tasks include integrated rural development programmes policy, guidance, follow up action, coordination, foreign assistance and evaluation.

Rural Development Foundation of Pakistan

However, due to low level of development in rural areas, practical measures have been taken by relevant agencies to ensure the effectiveness of this policy.

Rural development increasing food output and incomes

Viable and integrated development of rural areas

Programme for the Development of Rural Areas

A MINUGUA report was influential in Government civil society discussions aimed at producing a consensus based rural development policy, as called for in the peace accords.

Policy Development

(c) Strengthening of domestic rural agricultural economies by actively contributing to integrated rural development planning.

Particularly, with a view to improving gender equality and position of women in rural areas, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) adopted a Gender Strategy in Agriculture and Rural Development to 2010 and Gender Plan of Action in Agriculture and Rural Development to 2005.

Currently there was a plethora of sectoral policies that were not well coordinated, and the Government was working on a comprehensive rural development policy to harmonize them.

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,

The National Health Policy now places a renewed emphasis on rural areas.

United Nations Public Private Alliance for Rural Development

United Nations Public Private Alliance for Rural Development

Goal 1 Poverty Eradication Rural Development Engage and empower people living in poverty and rural areas.

The UNDP programme for rural and economic development involved investments of some 5 million in new projects for land reclamation and integrated rural development.

Policy development session

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADER), in its Agrarian Policy and Strategies, defined as its main objective to guarantee food security, sustainable development, reduction of unemployment and that of the levels of absolute poverty.

Tajikistan is pursuing a policy that provides family planning services to rural women.

Programme Component E.2 Rural and Women's Entrepreneurship Development

There were also calls for microfinance and rural development schemes to empower the poor, as well as for policy measures to improve access to education, water and health services.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is also initiating a participatory rural energy development programme, to identify and develop potential alternative energy resources in rural communities.

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,

The various themes of the framework included trade policy, competition policy, investment policy, tax policy, corporate governance, public governance, infrastructure development and human resources development.

Committee for Development Policy

Social policy and development

Social policy and development

Policy development and law

To help rural women pursue individual and collective initiatives on a more ambitious scale, the government has revised its agricultural development policy in light of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper.

All the sugar factories are located in rural India. This has led to the tremendous development of rural areas.

Rural Development (Laos) total village development managing and monitoring weaving materials bank and cattle bank.

Port Vila Women's Business Unit, Department of Cooperatives Rural Development.