A proposed definition of the term rural submitted by the Department of Agriculture to Congress last month could have broad implications for small towns across America - and not everyone is happy about ...

The U.S. government has at least 15 different official definitions of the word “rural,” including 11 at the Agriculture Department alone. These definitions apply to different programs, often ...

[imgbelt img=yolo.jpg]Proposed changes in how the USDA defines eligibility for its development programs will improve the department’s service to rural communities, says the deputy undersecretary in ...

Extreme poverty is mainly a rural phenomenon. Four of every five people below the $1.90-a-day international income poverty line lived in rural areas in 2013 (Castañeda and others, 2018). Over the last ...