Discussion of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in rural America requires an understanding of how rural America is defined in federal, state, local, and societal terms ...

In a small, rural village in Zambia, Ruth earns an income by collecting fresh vegetables from local community gardens and bringing them to market. Tending and collecting the vegetables by foot is time ...

An urgent reconsideration of rural development is needed for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The current strategies and patterns of rural development are failing to meet either ...

In many cases, the key to housing problems in rural communities could be the already existing stock. Strategies on how to tap into that resource is often the missing puzzle piece to a solution. Rural ...

SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer – In China, agriculture continues to employ an outsize share of the workforce. According to the World Bank, agriculture employed 25.4 percent of China's total ...

In a gesture both symbolic and strategic, the General Assembly declared July 6 as World Rural Development Day, reaffirming its unwavering commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Ben Durheim is convinced that we can bridge the rural-urban divide. The problem, Durheim thinks, is that within the public sphere, there is a faulty belief that rural and non-rural places just need to ...

An effective K–12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education prepares students for high-quality, well-paying careers in the STEM workforce and develops the STEM literacy that ...