About Us

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The SRDC, hosted at Mississippi State University, receives base support from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA). 

Center Priorities

Mission

The Southern Rural Development Center seeks to strengthen the capacity of the region's 30 land-grant institutions to address critical contemporary rural development issues impacting the well-being of people and communities in the rural South.

Goals

  • Stimulate the formation of multi-state research teams
  • Coordinate the development and revision of educational materials and maintain a centralized repository of educational resources
  • Organize and deliver high-priority rural development research and educational workshops/conferences
  • Provide leadership for the preparation of science-based rural development policy reports
  • Build partnerships that link the South's land-grant university system with other key entities committed to rural development activities in the region

Staff

 

Contact and Location Information

 

U.S. Postal Address

P.O. Box 5187
Mississippi State, MS 39762

Campus Mail Stop 9755

Main Line:

(662) 325-3207