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The Development Alternatives Group comprises the not-for-profit flagship Society for Development Alternatives (DA), the business-oriented incubator Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA), and its commercial subsidiaries, which include TARA Machines and Tech Services (TMTS), TARA Environmental Services Pvt Ltd (TARAenviro), TARAhaat Information and Marketing Services Ltd (TARAhaat ...
The ETC Group, until September 1, 2001 known as Rural Advancement Foundation International ([RAFI]) [4] has roots tracing back to the National Sharecroppers Fund [5] established during the 1930s. The Fund, initiated by Eleanor Roosevelt and others, aimed to alleviate the challenges faced by predominantly black tenant farmers in the United States .
The Rural Community Advancement Program is a program established by the 1996 farm bill (P.L. 104-127, Sec. 761) under which USDA is authorized to provide state rural development block grants, direct and guaranteed loans, and other assistance to meet rural development needs across the country. Program funding is allocated to three accounts: (1 ...
Programme for Economic Advancement and Community Empowerment (PEACE), is a four-year project funded by the European Union. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and implemented by the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was launched in 2013 in all districts of Malakand Division , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan , namely, Swat , Shangla , Buner , Lower ...
ASA; Formation: 1978 (): Founder: Md. Shafiqual Haque Choudhury: Type: Non-profit, self-sufficient microfinance institution: Purpose: ASA programs focused on awareness-raising and group formation for the poor aiming at integrated development through asserting rights of the poor, education, mini-irrigation, primary health, credit for income generation, etc.
The Community Facilities Program (CFP), administered by the Rural Housing Service (RHS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), provides grants, loans, and loan guarantees to local governments, federally recognized tribes, and non-profit organizations.
Some scholars suggest that agrarianism espouses the superiority of rural society to urban society and the independent farmer as superior to the paid worker, and sees farming as a way of life that can shape the ideal social values. [5] It stresses the superiority of a simpler rural life in comparison to the complexity of urban life.
In 1987, a workshop on the role of rural women in development was held in Abuja and led to the establishment of Better Life Program for the Rural Woman. [7] Currently the organisation has recently developed a new strategy which will be implemented over the next five years to ensure rural women in Nigeria and Africa are supported and empowered. [8]