1.   A different but not exclusive approach is to insist upon a conservation element being included in most rural development projects.

2.   Institutions for change Rural development demands institutional pluralism and democratic participation.

3.   Rural development in the Western Isles periphery depends heavily on finance from the mainland centre.

4.   The complexity of rural development everywhere, whether in the developed or the developing world, is not always realised.

5.   They announced the initiation of a rural development programme.

6.   Investment was predominantly directed at infrastructure, rural development and social welfare.

7.   The central plank of the new policy was rural development.

8.   Provides an understanding of the processes of change in rural development and the role of extension within that change, combined with expertise in crop and animal production systems.

9.   Provides for the effective management of natural resources for forestry, agriculture, wildlife conservation, rural development, watershed management and other related purposes.