Rural development is a process that aims to improve the standard of living of people in rural communities and this Column is meant to monitor and report on issues that affect the people of rural communities in terms of how their development is hindered or facilitated.
According to Robert Chambers, rural development is a strategy that enables a specific group of people such as poor rural women and men, gain for themselves and their children more of what they want and need. He said rural development involves helping the poorest among those who seek a livelihood in rural communities, to demand and control more of the benefits of rural development such as small scale farmers, tenants and the landless.
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