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The Government is Committed to Helping People Living in Rural Areas
Ministry of Rural Development, January 30, 2014 1:32 PM
The Ministry of Rural Development's Farmstead Development Programme is enjoying continued popularity, the Ministry's Parliamentary State Secretary, Gyula Budai said at a professional conference organised in Hungary's Parliament building.
Strategic Partnership with the Medicinal Plant Industry
Ministry of Rural Development, January 29, 2014 4:04 PM
The Ministry of Rural Development has concluded a strategic partnership agreement with representatives of the medicinal plant industry, Minister of State for Food Chain Supervision and Agricultural Economy Endre Kardeván announced at a professional meeting organised by the Medicinal Plant Association and Product Council.
New National Park Visitors' Centre and Nature Trail Opens
Ministry of Rural Development, January 29, 2014 3:56 PM
The Danube-Ipoly National Park Directorate's new visitors' centre and a new educational nature trail have been inaugurated in Királyrét, 60 kilometres north of Budapest. The ecotourism institution, which has been developed into a visitors' centre out of a forest school, was inaugurated by Deputy State Secretary András Rácz and Government Commissioner Richárd Tarnai.
Hungarian Agriculture is Standing its Ground against International Competition
Ministry of Rural Development, January 29, 2014 2:43 PM
"Hungarian agriculture is standing its ground against international competition and is capable of increasing investment and production", the Minister for Rural Development said in Budapest at the opening of the 32nd AGROmashEXPO agricultural machine fair in Budapest.
Expanding agricultural relations between Hungary and Kazakhstan
Ministry of Rural Development, January 28, 2014 4:24 PM
"Kazakhstan is one of the fastest growing economies I the world today, with excellent economic performance that it can be rightly proud of," Minister for Rural Development said in his speech at the seminar organised on 28 January 2014 in Budapest to promote cooperation between the European Union and Kazakhstan.
Pig Sector to receive HUF 1.6bn again this year
Ministry of Rural Development, January 27, 2014 8:43 AM
The Pig Sector programme will received 1.6 billion forints again this year, just as it did last year, György Czerván announced on Thursday at the opening press conference of the 7th Budapest Mangalica Festival.
Cooperation for the Agricultural Development of Hungary's Eastern Partners
Ministry of Rural Development, January 24, 2014 1:11 PM
A Ministerial Conference of the Eastern Partnership, organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of Moldova and the European Commission, was held in the Moldovan capital of Chișinău (Kishinev) today. The Conference was attended by ministers and heads of state from the EU and Eastern Partnership countries; the Ministry of Rural Development was represented by Minister of State for Public Administration Géza Poprády.
Payment of Second Instalment of SAPS Funding Begins
Ministry of Rural Development, January 24, 2014 1:09 PM
Minister for Rural Development began the distributing of the second instalment of 2013 Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) funding, during the course of which some 170 thousand farmers will receive a total of HUF 170 billion.
More Schools Participating in School Milk Programme
Ministry of Rural Development, January 23, 2014 4:02 PM
The number of schools and schoolchildren participating in the National School Milk Programme in the 2013-2014 school year has increased significantly, the Ministry of Rural Development's Deputy State Secretary for Agricultural Economy announced at the Óbuda Elementary School in Budapest today.
The Hungaricums are the treasures of the Hungarian peoples
Ministry of Rural Development, January 22, 2014 4:53 PM
"Every Hungaricum is a success story and represents quality and value both at home and abroad", Speaker of Parliament László Kövér declared at a event organised in the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday to mark Hungarian Culture Day. In his speech, the Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State for Food Chain Supervision and Agricultural Economy Endre Kardeván stressed that the unearthing and collectiing of Hungaricums was a nation-unifying task, in which Hungarians living in any corner of the globe may become involved.