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Inter-ministerial Committee holds meeting to discuss pocket contracts
Ministry of Rural Development, January 22, 2014 4:52 PM
The Inter-ministerial Committee formed to deal with illegal land use agreements, or so-called "pocket contracts", will hold a stocktaking meeting at the end of the month, the Ministry of Rural Development stated on Wednesday.
National Food Chain Forum facilitates dialogue between market operators
Ministry of Rural Development, January 22, 2014 10:37 AM
"Raw material production and food processing enterprises can only operate successfully in the long term is they help each other; the Hungarian food economy cannot be competitive without solidarity and integration", Deputy State Secretary for Agricultural Economy Zsolt Feldman declared at the National Food Chain Forum held at the Ministry of Rural Development.
HUF 6.3bn Wastewater Project to be Launched in Northeast Hungary
Ministry of Rural Development, January 21, 2014 3:31 PM
A 6.3 billion forint government-funded wastewater project will launched this spring involving eight settlements in the Eastern Nyírség region of Northeast Hungary around the town of Baktalórántháza, the Ministry of Rural Development's Parliamentary State Secretary Gyula Budai announced in Apagy at the signing of the contracting agreement.
Hungary to receive EUR 1.9bn extra in CAP Funding
Ministry of Rural Development, January 20, 2014 8:36 AM
Hungary will receive 1.9 billion euros more from the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) budget in the period 2014-2020 than it did in 2007-2013, György Czerván said at a press conference in Budapest on Saturday.
Winemaking is the "Jewel" of Hungarian Agriculture
Ministry of Rural Development, January 20, 2014 8:32 AM
Hungarian viticulture and winemaking has always been the jewel of Hungarian agriculture, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas said on Sunday in Ópusztaszer.
There was no pre-agreed time for a proposed meeting between the Austrian and Hungarian Ministers of Agriculture
Ministry of Rural Development, January 18, 2014 12:19 PM
According to the Ministry of Rural Development, the information published by Austrian news agency APA, according to which the Hungarian and Austrian Ministers had agreed on a prearranged time for a meeting at the Berlin International Green Week agriculture fair, is incorrect, the Ministry told Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday.
Hungarian-German Agricultural Turnover Expanding Dynamically
Ministry of Rural Development, January 17, 2014 2:40 PM
Hungarian-German agricultural turnover is expanding dynamically; last year, exports exceeded one billion euros, according to preliminary figures, Minister of State for Food Chain Supervision and Agricultural Economy Endre Kardeván told Hungarian news agency MTI on Friday in Berlin at International Green Week, the world's largest agricultural expo.
2014 a Transitional Year for the Agriculture Funding System
Ministry of Rural Development, January 16, 2014 4:42 PM
Some 725 billion forints (EUR 2.4bn) are available this year to fund the Hungarian agricultural economy, but this is only a transitional year, as the principles regarding the distribution of funding will change in 2015, the Ministry of Rural Development's Deputy State Secretary for Agricultural Economy said on Thursday in Keszthely.
Zoltán Illés Pushes for Full Closure of Hortobágy Dangerous Waste Facility
Ministry of Rural Development, January 16, 2014 1:50 PM
The Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State for Environmental Affairs Zoltán Illés is calling on the Government to establish a HUF 350 million fund to finance the total elimination of the Hortobágy dangerous waste storage facility.
New Land Use Regulations Ignored by some Farmers
Ministry of Rural Development, January 16, 2014 11:30 AM
Farmers do not always properly apply the regulations introduced last month in relation to the use of farmland, the Ministry of Rural Development's Deputy State Secretary for Legal, Administration and Agrarian Vocational Training Attila Simon said at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday.