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  2. ETC Group (eco-justice) - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. Development Alternatives Group - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Pat Roy Mooney - Wikipedia

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    Rural Advancement Foundation International, ETC Group Pat Mooney (born in 1947) has worked with civil society organizations on international trade and development issues related to agriculture , biodiversity and emerging technologies for over 40 years.

  5. BRAC (organisation) - Wikipedia

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    Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of BRAC. Known formerly as the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee, then as the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, and later as Building Resources Across Communities, [11] BRAC was initiated in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed at Shallah Upazillah in the district of Sunamganj as a large scale relief and rehabilitation project to help returning war ...

  6. Rural development - Wikipedia

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    The term rural development is not limited to issues of developing countries. In fact many developed countries have very active rural development programs. [citation needed] Rural development aims at finding ways to improve rural lives with the participation of rural people themselves, so as to meet the required needs of rural communities. [20]

  7. Rural Community Advancement Program - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. List of non-governmental organisations in Bangladesh

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    This page was last edited on 20 October 2024, at 09:40 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  9. Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development - Wikipedia

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    Since its inception, BARD has conducted a number of large and small scales development programmes. TCCA - In the 1960s, the academy evolved a new system of rural cooperatives where small farmers of Comilla sadar thana were organised into primary cooperatives in the form of the federation of Thana Central Cooperative Association.