Descriptor
Community Development | 5 |
Rural Extension | 5 |
Community Action | 3 |
Rural Areas | 3 |
Rural Development | 3 |
Entrepreneurship | 2 |
Extension Agents | 2 |
Rural Economics | 2 |
Rural Population | 2 |
Action Research | 1 |
Agricultural Production | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Information Analyses | 5 |
Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
Journal Articles | 1 |
Reports - Research | 1 |
Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Community | 1 |
Policymakers | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Aboyade, B. Olabimpe – International Library Review, 1985
This paper focuses on intensified information transfer activities in rural areas of Nigeria: community development work, agricultural extension service, mass media (newspapers, television, radio, problems of communication), and the role of the library (reinforcing messages, repackaging information, acquiring specialized materials, coordinating…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination, Information Services
Jiggins, Janice; Roling, Niels – 1994
Over the last decade, there have been rapid developments in field methodologies within participatory approaches to rural and agricultural development. At the same time, the use of "soft systems" methodologies for bringing potentially conflictual or disparate actors together for action has spread from the business world to other applications. These…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Agents, College Curriculum, Community Action
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, 2005
The North Central Regional Center for Rural Development helps a number of stakeholders meet their mission and objectives. Stakeholders include those who directly fund the organization, as well as the moral community of the people and places of the North Central region. It is at the nexus of federal, state and local demands and opportunities. The…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Annual Reports, Federal Programs, Rural Extension
Swain, Larry B. – 1989
Rural communities are often dependent upon their agricultural bases, which have undergone drastic changes. For communities to remain viable as economic units certain measures must be taken. Strategic planning can assist communities in assessing their situations and in developing plans and implementation schedules. Initially used in the business…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Change, Community Coordination

Pigg, Kenneth E. – 1986
The difficulties presently being faced by rural communities in the North Central Extension Region are well known. Many of these communities have economies which are closely tied to farming and therefore suffer economic hardship in direct relationship to those encountered by farmers. However, a dominant characteristic of communities in the region…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Action, Community Development, Economic Factors