Sentences with phrase «rural development agency»

He explained that his uncle, Julius Ntwangwa, who worked with the Benue State Agriculture and Rural Development Agency, was among those killed by the herdsmen, who dropped his corpse at the back of the house.

He said it is important to properly fund the USDA, the Rural Development Agency and the Market Access program.

From 1994 - 2000, he was Rural Development Manager for the JIGSO rural development agency.

The Organic Academy successfully commenced with the development of the Organic Agriculture Academy for Extension Agents in the Republic of Korea, in partnership with the Rural Development Agency (RDA).

Instead, rural development agencies will report directly to the USDA Secretary.

Not exact matches

Using contact information provided by the development agency, Spear and his team also invited rural business owners to information sessions and offered them six - month trial subscriptions to Quadrem.

Before moving to Texas this summer to head up the Texas Farm Service Agency, Judy Canales served as the Administrator for Rural Business Development and Cooperative Programs in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Half a century after Independence, as of now, we have the largest population of poor people in the world, one third of our rural population is below the poverty line and despite the UN agencies» massive aid projects, the development assistance of the World Bank, bilateral aid, the Center and State governments» intervention, the gap between the rich and the poor has doubled in the last three decades - fifteen years ago the lowest 20 per cent of global population received 2.5 per cent of global wealth whereas at present, the share has been reduced to less than 1.3 per cent.

As Julius Nyerere, president of Tanzania, pointed out in a speech at the recent World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, held in Rome, the officials of multilateral and some national aid agencies are turning to a «basic needs» approach — i.e., shifting to rural development as the major focus forRural Development, held in Rome, the officials of multilateral and some national aid agencies are turning to a «basic needs» approach — i.e., shifting to rural development as the major focDevelopment, held in Rome, the officials of multilateral and some national aid agencies are turning to a «basic needs» approach — i.e., shifting to rural development as the major focus forrural development as the major focdevelopment as the major focus for aid.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Dr Kanayo F. Nwanze is the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-- a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to rural poverty eradication in developing countries through investments in smallholder agriculture and rural dDevelopment (IFAD)-- a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to rural poverty eradication in developing countries through investments in smallholder agriculture and rural developmentdevelopment.

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Committee holds jurisdiction over agricultural, rural development, food / drug safety / regulatory matters, and other relevant entiRural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Committee holds jurisdiction over agricultural, rural development, food / drug safety / regulatory matters, and other relevanDevelopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Committee holds jurisdiction over agricultural, rural development, food / drug safety / regulatory matters, and other relevant entiRural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Committee holds jurisdiction over agricultural, rural development, food / drug safety / regulatory matters, and other relevanDevelopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Committee holds jurisdiction over agricultural, rural development, food / drug safety / regulatory matters, and other relevant entirural development, food / drug safety / regulatory matters, and other relevandevelopment, food / drug safety / regulatory matters, and other relevant entities.

Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies The subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies holds jurisdiction over the U.S. Department of Agriculture (excluding Forest Service) and the Food and Drug Administration - related subsidiaries of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Mr. Speaker, we note that several transition programs run under the various government institutions and agencies including the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, the National Vocational and Technical Institute (NVTI), Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET), Youth Enterprises Support and the Youth Employment Authority, have targeted non-tertiary graduates.

He said 4,500 head porters, popularly referred to as «Kayayei», would be trained and employed as garment manufacturers under a new module which would be rolled out soon, while 2,000 youth would be engaged under the youth in green Ghana project, an initiative between the agency and the Department Parks and Gardens of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.

A statement signed by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Alhaji Collins Dauda, and issued to the Ghana News Agency on Friday, requested the regional ministers of the afore - mentioned assemblies to facilitate the process of confirmation of the nominated DCEs.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh has denied the reports by UN agencies of imminent famine in the country, saying that Nigeria is exporting food to other African countries.

The newly deployed Federal Permanent Secretaries in 36 ministries and agencies include Dr. Shehu Ahmad (Agriculture and Rural Development), ArchSunday Echono (Communications), Alh.

Governor Aregbesola said in a bid for his administration to integrate on its various empowerment programmes, he set up an inter-ministerial agency, the Osun Rural Empowerment and Agriculture Programme (OREAP), the agency which comprises of the ministries of agriculture, lands, commerce, rural development, finance, health, works and sRural Empowerment and Agriculture Programme (OREAP), the agency which comprises of the ministries of agriculture, lands, commerce, rural development, finance, health, works and srural development, finance, health, works and so on.

The union said it was perverse that the Tory - led government is choosing to abolish the commission and England's nine regional development agencies - bodies which deliver essential work to support and improve the lives of those living in rural communities.

In order to ensure rural dwellers have increased access to ICT devices such as smartphones, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has created an IT Innovation hub, which has the capacity to produce e-literate groups from low skilled or low paid workers, unemployed people, and those with disabilities who do not have access to these ICTs.

«This debt was accrued for the provision of various services such as fumigation, compensation for GYEDA [Ghana Youth Employment Development Agency], sanitation garbs, the provision of landfill management services, as well as debts arising from contracts with the ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and Metropolitan Municipal, and District Assemblies.»

«Though our program is yielding great results for the state, we also support initiatives to further bolster and grow broadband connectivity in rural areas,» said a spokesman with Empire State Development, the state agency overseeing the effort, when asked about the federal legislation.

In South Korea in 1965, for example, the U.S. Agency for International Development delivered eleven U.S. Army ambulances, reconditioned as mobile contraceptive clinics for use in rural villages.

Using data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Multiple - Cause of Death Files (2006 - 2015), US Census Bureau, US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, the study modeled associations between county - level drug - related mortality rates and economic, social, and healthcare environments.

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Conventional loans — Mortgage loans other than those insured or guaranteed by a government agency such as the FHA (Federal Housing Administration), the VA (Veterans Administration), or the Rural Development Services (formerly known as the Farmers Home Administration or FmHA).

Conventional Loans Fixed Rate Mortgage Temporary Buydown Mortgage Fixed Rate Loan FHA Streamline Refinance FHA 203k Loans VA Mortgages Jumbo Interest Only Loans Energy Efficient Mortgage Jumbo and Super Jumbo VA IRRRL Fannie Mae Homepath Rural Development Mortgage Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Fannie Mae MyCommunity Mortgages Reverse Mortgages Home Affordable Refinance Program Fixed period Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARM's) Community Land Trust Mortgage Loans for New Construction Lease With Option to Purchase

And its unifying vision of rural economic development through clean energy resonates with farmers, ranchers, agricultural agencies, coop utilities, and elected officials alike.

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(The list of agencies signed up to the campaign include: National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Congress of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Nurses Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory Australian Indigenous Doctors Association Amnesty International Australia Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine Australian Council of Social Service Australian Council for International Development Australian General Practice Network Australian Nursing Federation Australian Red Cross Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation Caritas Australia Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health Diplomacy Training Program Fred Hollows Foundation Gnibi the College of Indigenous Australian Peoples, Southern Cross University Human Rights Law Resource Centre Ian Thorpe's Fountain for Youth Indigenous Law Centre Make Indigenous Poverty History campaign National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Council National Association of Community Legal Centres National Children's and Youth Law Centre National Rural Health Alliance Oxfam Australia Professor Daniel Tarantola, Chair of Health and Human Rights, University of New South Public Health Association of Australia Quaker Services Australia Royal Australasian College of Physicians Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Rural Doctors Association of Australia Save the Children Australia Telethon Institute for Child Health Research UNICEF Australia Uniya Jesuit Social Justice Centre)

In anticipation of a possible shutdown, NAR is consulting with officials from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, FHA, VA, and the Rural Housing Service, among other agencies, and will post information on how a shutdown is expected to affect these agencies» operations.

^ Excludes construction loans, MSHDA (Michigan State Housing Development Authority, VA (Veterans Administration), OHFA (Ohio Housing Finance Agency), and USDA Rural Development loans.