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Hungary Acts to Stop the Spread of Genetically Modified Soy
Ministry of Rural Development, February 25, 2014 5:03 PM
Hungary is acting to stop the spread of genetically modified (GM) soy and to reduce the soy market's dependency on imports, the Ministry of Rural Development's Deputy State Secretary for Agricultural Economy announced on Tuesday in Budapest at a professional forum organised to discuss the possibility of GMO-free soy production.
Pálinka Country Tasting Launched
Ministry of Rural Development, February 24, 2014 3:25 PM
Hungary's pálinka distilleries have until 7 March to submit their entries for the Pálinka Country tasting, and as a result of the competition a publication on the country's most outstanding fruit brandies will be published in early March, Minister for Rural Development and Chairman of the Hungaricum Committee Sándor Fazekas announced on Monday at the pálinka museum in Visegrád, north of Budapest.
Further Development of Hungarian-Kazakh Agricultural Relations
Ministry of Rural Development, February 21, 2014 1:48 PM
"There are significant opportunities for the further development of Hungarian-Kazakh agricultural relations; Hungary could be an outstanding partner to Kazakhstan within the fields of agriculture and environmental protection", Minster for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas declared on Friday in Budapest at a bilateral logistics forum.
Government Zero Tolerance for All GMOs
Ministry of Rural Development, February 20, 2014 4:47 PM
"The zero tolerance proclaimed by the Government is valid for all GMOs, and accordingly the Ministry of Rural Development will continue to do everything possible in future to maintain Hungary's GMO-free status", the Ministry's Parliamentary State Secretary Gyula Budai declared at a professional forum held in the Parliament building.
Ecotourism Megaproject on the Hortobágy Plain
Ministry of Rural Development, February 19, 2014 3:35 PM
An EU-funded ecotourism megaproject costing over 2 billion forints (EUR 6.5 million) is beginning on the Hortobágy Plain of southeast Hungary thanks to cooperation between the local fishery, gene preservation company and national park, it was announced on Wednesday at the project launch organised in the famous Hortobágy Tavern.
Farmers must apply a Green Component from 2015
Ministry of Rural Development, February 18, 2014 7:57 PM
The enforcement of environmental criteria, so-called greening, will appear as a new, compulsory element within the new funding system beginning in 2015, György Czerván said at the press conference organised in Tata, central Hungary, to launch a series of events aimed at presenting the new funding model of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
Plant Medicine Assures Human Health and Welfare
Ministry of Rural Development, February 18, 2014 4:38 PM
"The members of the Hungarian Chamber of Plant Protection Professionals and Doctors of Plant Medicine, who help farmers be applying the latest scientific results, play a significant role in the production of safe, pesticide-free foods" the Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State for Food Chain Supervision and Agricultural Economy Endre Kardeván told the participants at the opening of the 60th Plant Protection Science Days event in Budapest today.
Fazekas: Yet another unfriendly step from Rupprechter
Ministry of Rural Development, February 18, 2014 11:15 AM
According to Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas, the action taken by Austrian Minister of Agriculture Andrä Rupprechter with relation to the Hungarian Land Act is yet another unfriendly step on the part of his Austrian counterpart.
Rapid Development of Hungary's Nature Parks Expected
Ministry of Rural Development, February 17, 2014 3:05 PM
The Minister of Rural Development has authorised the first phase of the professional concept for the development of Hungary's nature parks. Four organisations, the Ministry's conservation department, the Institute for Rural Development Education and Counselling, the Hungarian National Rural Network and the Hungarian Nature Park Association, all of which are responsible for furthering the Hungarian nature park movement, were involved in the development of the document concerning the professional and organisational framework of the country's nature parks.
European Court brings Partial Decision in Tokaj Case
Ministry of Rural Development, February 13, 2014 3:03 PM
In February 2010, the European Commission amended the entry concerning Slovakia in the registry of designations of origin and geographical indication (the E-Bacchus database) – without informing the Hungarian Government – in such a way that it changed the original "Tokajská/Tokajské/Tokajský vinohradnícka oblasť” indication to „Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj”.