About Rural Development

Mandate
The mandate of the Department of Rural Development (DRD) is to redress generation of the neglected of rural communities in the country in the following ways:
- mobilize and empower the rural populace to create wealth through increased agriculture, industrial and other productive activities;
- promote the expansion of the production base of the rural economy through the creation and expansion of agricultural enterprises;
- provide rural support services needed to bring about increased production of goods and services and raise rural production in general; and
- improve the productivity of human resources in the rural communities; develop the rural area and raise the quality of life of the rural dwellers.
Structure
The Department is structured as following
- Rural Infrastructure Division
- Rural Mobilization Division
- Non-Farm Employment Support Division
- Rural Finance Division
Policy & Databank Unit