<P> Rural development programs have historically been top - down from local or regional authorities, regional development agencies, NGOs, national governments or international development organizations . Local populations can also bring about endogenous initiatives for development . The term is not limited to issues of developing countries . In fact many developed countries have very active rural development programs . </P> <P> Rural development aims at finding ways to improve rural lives with participation of rural people themselves, so as to meet the required needs of rural communities . The outsider may not understand the setting, culture, language and other things prevalent in the local area . As such, rural people themselves have to participate in their sustainable rural development . In developing countries like Nepal, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, integrated development approaches are being followed up . In this context, many approaches and ideas have been developed and implemented, for instance, bottom - up approach, PRA - Participatory Rural Appraisal, RRA - Rapid Rural Appraisal, etc . </P> <Ul> <Li> Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP - EU (CTA) Agricultural and rural information provider </Li> <Li> USDA Rural Development, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture </Li> <Li> European Network for Rural Development (Amaram M.C., FaithGem . </Li> <Li> England Rural Development Programme by DEFRA </Li> <Li> Agricultural Development & Training Society, India </Li> <Li> Tipperary Institute, Ireland </Li> <Li> Azerbaijan Rural Investment Project in Azerbaijan </Li> <Li> Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, India </Li> </Ul> <Li> Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP - EU (CTA) Agricultural and rural information provider </Li>

Write any two function of district industries centre