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Download full textFederal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, MO. Center for the Study of Rural America. – 2000
In April 2000, over 250 rural leaders from around the nation gathered in Kansas City, Missouri, to discuss rural America's future, its challenges, and policies to meet those challenges. Conference participants agreed that the current pattern of uneven rural growth is likely to persist and that agriculture will remain a key sector in the rural…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Futures (of Society)
Castle, Emery, Ed.; Baldwin, Barbara, Ed. – 1992
This proceedings contains 11 papers that focus on issues and problems of rural communities in the Southwest. Papers include: (1) "Dilemmas of a New Age: A Half-Millennium of Landscape Change in New Mexico and the Southwest," by Paul F. Starrs; (2) "American Indians Today," by C. Matthew Snipp; (3) "The Southwest: Global…
Descriptors: American Indians, Conservation (Environment), Demography, Economic Development
Drabenstott, Mark – 2000
Over 250 rural leaders attended the conference "Beyond Agriculture: New Policies for Rural America," held in Kansas City (Missouri) in April 2000. The conference began with an assessment of where the rural economy and rural policy are headed in the new century. Speakers suggested that the rural economy is likely to remain a mix of…
Descriptors: Conferences, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Futures (of Society)
Ospina, Enrique, Ed.; Sims, Cami S., Ed. – 1988
Conference participants examined how other states are preparing their farmers and rural communities to survive in the present "new world order," and considered whether Arkansas, one of only three states without a central agricultural agency, has the tools to forge strategies for the 1990's. "The Role of State Government in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Agriculture, Change Strategies, Economic Development
Jones, Sue H., Ed. – 1989
Problems in federal rural policy arise in a number of areas: the extreme economic adversity of rural America, failure to acknowledge the higher cost of providing rural services, failure to distinguish between rural programs and agriculture programs, and failure to address specific rural needs. Papers in this collection examine rural development…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Change Strategies, Economic Change, Economic Development
Montgomery, Jim C., Ed.; Kitchenham, Andrew D., Ed. – 2000
This proceedings of a conference held in May 2000 at Malaspina University-College (British Columbia) contains approximately 63 conference papers, abstracts of papers, and keynote speeches. The conference examined issues affecting rural communities, with major themes being rural education, health, human services, families, and the sustainability of…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Community Development, Community Health Services
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Congressional Research Service. – 1983
Experts from government, academia, and interest groups met to discuss and explore the impact of changes in agriculture, industry, and government in shaping events in rural agricultural communities. Texts of 15 of the 18 papers are reproduced in the proceedings, along with the letter of submittal, overview, an agenda, and a list of presenters and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agricultural Trends, Agriculture, Business
