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IUCN Director General receives Pro Natura Award
Ministry of Rural Development, November 15, 2012 2:13 PM
Hungarian-born Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Julia Marton-Lefevre has been awarded the Pro Natura Award for her determined work in the interests of global environmental protection and conservation, and for the facilitation of environmental education and sustainable development. The award was bestowed by Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas.
New Prospect for Filtering Out Fraudulent Land Purchase Agreements may come before Parliament
Ministry of Rural Development, November 15, 2012 2:11 PM
Today, the Government is discussing a proposal, which may therefore also soon be put before Parliament, according to which access will be provided to land registry office databases in the interests of filtering out pocket contracts, announced Balázs Szabó, Head of Department from the Ministry of Rural Development on Wednesday.
Hungarian-Croatian Discussions on Rural Development Programming
Ministry of Rural Development, November 14, 2012 8:41 AM
State Secretary for Rural Development Zsolt V. Németh and Croatian Deputy Minister for Rural Development, EU and International Cooperation Luka Čuljak have met to discuss the planning of the next European Union programming period. Croatia is expected to join the European Union on July 1 2013, and so values Hungary's experiences.
Closer Cooperation between Brazil and Hungary
Ministry of Rural Development, November 13, 2012 11:34 AM
Deputy State Secretary Katalin Tóth, representing the Ministry of Rural Development and as a member of the Government delegation, held a presentation on Hungarian agriculture and opportunities for bilateral cooperation at the session of the Hungarian-Brazilian Joint Committee on Economic Cooperation in Brazil.
Young Farmers are Indispensable to Agriculture
Ministry of Rural Development, November 13, 2012 10:59 AM
"Helping young people is an important area of rural development policy, since running Hungarian agriculture would be inconceivable without young farmers", said Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas on Monday at the press conference organised to herald the Young Farmers' Information Exchange.
Hungarian Agriculture is Competitive
Ministry of Rural Development, November 12, 2012 6:18 PM
"Hungarian agriculture is capable of keeping pace and is facing up to competition", declared Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas in Szentes, when he inaugurated MA-KA Ltd's new feed mixing plant, which was built with an investment of 2 billion forints.
Hungary is Guest of Honour at China's 3rd International Feather and Down Festival
Ministry of Rural Development, November 12, 2012 2:39 PM
The delegation representing Hungary, which similarly to previous years is the event's guest of honour, is led by State Secretary for Agricultural Economy György Czerván. The State Secretary is the only foreign member of the chairing committee of the 3rd International Down Festival, held between 10-12 November 2012 in Luan in China's Anhui Province. Communiqué.
The Land Act Assures the Future of Rural Society
Ministry of Rural Development, November 12, 2012 2:04 PM
Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas held a lecture on the upcoming new Land Act entitled "Homeland, Farmland, Livelihood" on Saturday in Lakitelek at the first event organised by the Public Academic Alliance. Communiqué.
Hungary and Croatia Inaugurate Transboundary Biosphere Reserve
Ministry of Rural Development, November 10, 2012 8:35 AM
Hungary's sixth biosphere reserve, and the first transboundary reserve of its kind in the country, was inaugurated on Thursday in Szentborbás, Somogy County.
Slovakia is a Partner in Local Distribution
Ministry of Rural Development, November 8, 2012 10:49 AM
State Secretary for Rural Development Zsolt V. Németh and Magdaléna Lacko-Bartošová, Slovakian State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, discussed the two countries' experiences with regard to local processing and distribution at a meeting held at the Hungarian Ministry of Rural Development with the aim of making preparations for the upcoming session of the Hungarian-Slovak Joint Committee on Agriculture.