"Contemporary Rural Development Programs" ed. by Seth Appiah-Opoku, Usha Iyer-Raniga

This book presents cases that demonstrate challenges to rural development, culture and development, and technology and food production in rural areas. The book is insightful, thought-provoking, and easy to understand. It could serve as an essential reference material on contemporary rural development programs.

Rural development involves strategies designed to improve the socioeconomic, political and environmental life of people living outside urbanized areas. It is intended to improve the well-being of rural communities by expanding their access to basic services like education, healthcare, employment opportunities, agricultural extension services, electricity, micro-credit, and infrastructural services, including feeder roads and sanitation facilities.
The book includes contributions from leading researchers and scholars in the field of rural development from different countries, including the USA, Colombia, Mozambique, Japan, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Cameroon, Sudan, and Japan. Based on empirical research, this book discusses a variety of topics, including longitudinal health sciences mentorship program for rural schools in Washington State, USA; demographic dividend and challenges for rural development in Cameroon; igniting cultural heritage tourism as potential to rural development in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; assessing Japan’s urban to rural migration program; enhancing food security through fisheries in rural Zimbabwe; assessing biogas technology implementation as a vehicle for rural development in Limpopo, South Africa; smart rural communities action research in Colombia and Mozambique; and evaluating selected agricultural extension approaches in rural Sudan.

Contents
1. “You Can’t Be What You Can’t See” – A Longitudinal Health Sciences Mentorship Program for Rural Schools
2. Demographic Dividend for Rural Development in the Commune of Endom, Cameroon
3. Igniting Cultural Heritage Tourism as Potential to Benefit Rural Communities in the Zululand District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
4. Assessing Japan’s Urban to Rural Migration Program in the Tsunami-Hit Area of Kesennuma
5. Enhancing Food Security through Fisheries for Rural Communities around Lake Mutirikwi in Zimbabwe
6. Assessing Biogas Technology Implementation as a Vehicle for Rural Development in Rural Areas of Limpopo, South Africa
7. Smart Rural Communities for the Agenda 2030: Action Research, Living Labs and SDGs
8. Evaluating Selected Agricultural Extension Approaches in Rural Sudan


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