Their leaders said they were a non-violent democracy movement representing poor and rural people.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

It can ensure that poor,rural people, whose lives and livelihoods, depend on the earth's productive capacity, have the means to produce more and to produce it better, GDP growth generated by agriculture has been shown to be at least twice as effective in reducing poverty as growth in other sectors. In recent years, more attention is being paid to the importance of smallholder farms.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

For many years, people in American cities have depended on farmers in rural areas to grow fruits and vegetables.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

But what about people in rural or underdeveloped areas who may have no way to get on the Internet?

VOA: special.2009.10.12

"Main Street," from nineteen twenty, tells about the conflict and cooperation among people in a small town and the rural community around it.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

Poor people in rural areas often cannot get banking services.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

"People from all walks of life, and particularly from rural areas or marginalized communities, can have access to higher education at the most advanced levels, and our program provides that opportunity."

VOA: special.2009.09.24

These are new concepts for people who may have lived in rural areas or refugee camps all their lives.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

Yet,health clinics can be difficult to get to in rural areas and people are more likely to go to a traditional healer first.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

Health care professionals in Kenya are also pushing for what they call a structured donor system that involves regular education campaigns,blood drives, and mobile donor clinics to reach office workers and people living in rural areas.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

"If all the investment now will be done in the city where there are huge needs to reconstruct all the infrastructure, where there will be a lot of demand in terms of construction work, then you will have again a pull effect from the rural areas back into a city that is not ready to absorb a lot more people than they have today."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16