14.2 Government Policy on Agriculture and Rural Development

In 1984 the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development drew up a policy for rural women, which was the first policy approved by CONPES.

Because of the lack of a clear decentralization policy and rural development strategy urban and rural disparities have widened.

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 Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development adopted a National Agricultural Policy in October 1995.

Women in Rural Development (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock raising and Rural Development)

Economic policy and institutional changes for use of environment friendly technologies for sustainable agriculture and rural development in Africa

44. An important tool for building consensus on development policy, established by the Constitution of Guatemala, is the National Urban and Rural Development Council.

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

Rural and agricultural development

Rural development and agriculture

Kerala Rural Development Agency

Kerala Rural Development Agency

reform and rural development

Agriculture and rural development

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.

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

Rural and women's entrepreneurship development.

(b) Agriculture and rural development

Agrarian situation and rural development

Rural women and sustainable development , paper presented to the Conference on Rural Sustainable Development, Alexandria, Egypt, 1992

CONDRAF Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Rural the National Council for Rural Development

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

Thus, the agricultural institutions working in rural development, in an attempt to facilitate rural funding, has been creating alternative sources of funding such as Agricultural and Rural Development Fund (FFADR), Fisheries Development Fund (FFP), Small Industry Development Fund (FFPI), Fund for Agricultural Credit and Rural Development (CCADR), etc.

ADRI Action for Integrated Rural Development

Deputy Director General Urban Rural Development

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(a) Rural development management and financing

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AGRARIAN REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (ANGOC)

7. Minister of Rural Development, Egypt

Role of the Rural Women's Development Unit in training and educating rural women

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

Minister for Rural Development and the Environment

I. Agriculture, rural development and food security

22. FAO reported that its Policy Assistance Division is the central channel for providing member countries with policy advice and assistance related to national development policies, programmes and strategies in the agro rural sector.

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

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

Policy Development

Development Policy

Policy development.

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.

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.