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      <title>Plant Protection for Quality Food</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The authorisation of pesticides and the regulation of their use are important factors in food safety", Minister of State for Food Chain Supervision and Agricultural Economy Endre Kardeván said at the 44th session of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO). The phytosanitary workgroup comprising experts from 15 countries is holding a three-day meeting in Budapest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New Fund to Aid Young Farmer Start-ups</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A new, 4.5 billion forint fund had been made available to help young farmers start up new businesses", Minister of State for Rural Development Zsolt V. Németh announced at a press conference held in the Ministry of Rural Development.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 16:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Increasing the Use of Trademarks is our Common Interest</title>
      <description><![CDATA[It is in the common interest of the agricultural administration, consumers and producers for the use of trademarks that designate Hungarian products to become more widespread, the Minister for Rural Development explained at a professional event in Budapest on Tuesday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 10:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Hungarian Pálinka is also a Sought-After National Treasure Abroad</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Pálinka is a national treasure and a national drink, and is becoming increasingly sought-after both at home and abroad, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas declared in Budapest on Monday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2014 15:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Hungarian Game Meat is Safe and High Quality</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hungarian game meat is safe, high quality, healthy and tasty. Visitors to yesterday's game meat promotion event, which included a cooking competition and tasting, had the opportunity to see this for themselves. At the event, organised by the Ministry of Rural Development and the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH), Minister of State for Sport István Simicskó, Deputy Sate Secretary for Food Chain Supervision and Agricultural Economy Lajos Bognár, officials from the NÉBIH ad well as well-known chefs and journalists sampled and tested Hungarian game products together.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2014 17:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Hungarian Nature Park Network to Gain Two New Parks This Year</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Hungarian Nature Park Network, which includes seven regions, will be expanded with the inclusion of two new areas this year, President of the Hungarian Nature Park Association Béla Básthy announced at a press conference in Budapest today.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2014 19:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>V4 Signs Joint Declaration on Environmental Cooperation</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Following two days of discussions, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic and three other EU member states from South East Europe signed a joint declaration in Visegrád, Hungary, on cooperation within the field of environmental protection.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 09:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Agrarian Innovation Increasingly Valuable</title>
      <description><![CDATA["The role of innovation realised within the agrarian sector will be increasingly valuable in future, and the European Union is providing funding for this purpose during the 2014-2020 period", the Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State for Parliamentary, Social and International Relations Katalin Tóth emphasised at the European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP) conference held in Budapest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2014 17:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Projects costing 35 Billion Forints Underway at Lake Tisza</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Projects costing a total of some 35 billion forints (EUR 110m) are underway at and around Lake Tisza to ensure that Hungary's most important eco-tourism region can welcome visitors with higher quality services and an improvement in the standard of living of local residents", Minister for Rural Development and Member of Parliament for the Greater Cumania region Sándor Fazekas told Hungarian news agency MTI on Saturday at Abádszalók during his visit to the Lake Tisza Expo.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2014 19:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Hungarian Agriculture has Profited from EU Membership</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Hungarian agrarian sector is a beneficiary of the country's membership of the European Union, and agriculture will also gain significantly from Hungary's beneficiary status during the upcoming EU financial period, the Ministry of Rural Development stated, assessing the past decade of Hungary's EU membership in response to a query from Hungarian news agency MTI.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2014 18:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Joining the EU was Favourable for both Agriculture and Recovery</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Hungary is clearly a beneficiary of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy and of having joined the EU", the Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State for Agricultural Economy György Czerván declared at a conference organised in Budapest to mark the 10th anniversary of Hungary EU accession.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 16:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>The Hungarian Public views Environmental Protection as a Priority</title>
      <description><![CDATA[97 percent of the Hungarian public view environmental protection and conservation as priority issues, the Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State for Environmental Affairs Zoltán Illés said on Friday in Budapest.c]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Cooperation is of Key Importance in Regulating GMOs</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Rural Development is hosting a three-day session of the UN Working Group that is meeting for the 10th time to discuss capacity expansion issues relating to the Cartagena Protocol on the cross-border transport of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Experts arriving for the meeting from 13 different countries were welcomed by Deputy State Secretary for Parliamentary, Social and International Relations Katalin Tóth.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 12:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New Trade Mark to Promote Consumption of Hungarian Pork</title>
      <description><![CDATA["The Ministry of Rural Development is aiming to support an increase in pig stocks and in the domestic consumption of Hungarian pork through the introduction of the Outstanding Quality Pork (KMS) trademark" Deputy State Secretary for Agricultural Economy Zsolt Feldman announced in Budapest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 12:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>20,000 Volunteers for TeSzedd! Litter Collection Drive</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Twenty thousand people have volunteered to take part in the upcoming TeSzedd! ("You Pick It!") national litter collection drive during the past month, the National Waste Management Agency announced.
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Acacia Honey is the Backbone of the Beekeeping Industry</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas met with beekeepers to discuss development opportunities for the sector. According to beekeepers, acacia honey generates the industry's profits, and if the European Union's proposal to include acacia as an invasive species is adopted, Hungarian producers will go bankrupt.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New Cycling Routes in the Lake Fertő Area</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A total of 1150 billion forints are available for the development of the Lake Fertő area cycling route network. This means that the development projects with which the cycling route network around the Hungarian part of the Lake Fertő Area will be on a par and in some cases exceed the quality of the Austrian network will be completed this year", Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas said at the inauguration ceremony of a new cycling route network in the town of Hegykő, western Hungary.
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New Production Hall inaugurated at McHale Hungária Limited's Factory in Szolnok</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A 5 thousand square metre modern production hall built with the help of funding provided within the framework of the New Széchényi Plan was inaugurates on Friday within the Szolnok factory unit of Irish agricultural machine manufacturer McHale Hungária Limited. The new facility is designed to enable the development o the company's production technology and was constructed at a total cost of HUF 936.5 million (EUR 3 million); the level of EU funding was 50 percent.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:21:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Sándor Fazekas Opens Lace Museum in Abádszalók</title>
      <description><![CDATA["A worthy intellectual workshop ius being established that will attract visitors from far and wide", Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas said at the inauguration ceremony of the Lace-Makers House in Abádszalók, in Hungary's Northern Great Plains region.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:31:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Zsolt V. Németh Inaugurates Eco-School</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Magyarlak-Csöröt Secondary School, part of the Szentgotthárd Area School District near Hungary's western border with Austria, has been presented with the highest state acknowledgement for sustainability that may be awarded within the Hungarian public education system, the title of Eco-School. The plaque testifying to the honour was inaugurated in Magyarlak by Minister of State for Rural Development Zsolt V. Németh.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Géza Poprády Discusses Agricultural and Environmental Cooperation in Qatar</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hungarian Minister of State for Public Administration Géza Poprády met with Qatar's Minister for the Environment Ahmad Ibn Amir Muhammad al-Humaidi on 24 March to discuss opportunities for cooperation between the two countries.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Agriculture is the Engine of Economic Production</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Last year, agriculture was the engine of Hungarian economic growth, its output increased by 22 percent compared to the previous year and the sector contributed 4.8 percent to gross added value", the Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State for Agricultural Economy György Czerván said at a farmers' forum in western Hungary.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Equestrian Programme off to a Galloping Start</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Equestrianism lessons will be made available in some 300 secondary schools from 1 September 2014 thanks to government funding", Gyula Budai said at a press conference. As a result of the Government's efforts, 600% more secondary schools will now be able to participate in the Programme, the Ministry of Rural Development's Parliamentary State Secretary said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:27:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Conscious Game Management is a Must</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Game meat is a 'renewable natural resource' and also a healthy foodstuff, but good quality game can only come from conscious and well-founded professional game management", Chief Veterinarian Endre Kardeván declared on Tuesday as a professional forum in Budapest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Increasing Demand for Quality Pálinka</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Pálinka has been one of the most popular products of this government term, Gyula Budai said in Budapest at the Hungarian award ceremony of the Destillata 2014 international  distillates competition held at Vajdahunyad Castle in the capital's City Park.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2014 08:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Sándor Fazekas Visits Lendava</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas visited Lendva (Lendava, Slovenia) at the invitation of the National Community of Hungarian Local Governments in Pomurska on 16 March. During his visit to Slovenia, Mr. Fazekas and Slovenian Minister for Agriculture and the Environment Dejan Židan took part in a series of events to mark the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848-49.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:29:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Rural Policy Must Also Assure People a Living in Small Settlements</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hungary requires a rural policy that provides people living in the country's many small settlements a living and an opportunity to get ahead in the future, the Minister for Rural Development declared at the joint foundation stone laying ceremony of the Water Quality Improvement Programmes of the towns of Abádszalók and Tiszaroff in Hungary's Northern Great Plains region on Thursday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:37:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Environmental Protection Gains Importance</title>
      <description><![CDATA["The generosity of the Swiss also includes environmental protection, which in addition to being a current issue also beards a message: despite the economic difficulties the cause of environmental protection has gained importance both in Switzerland and in other parts of the world, including Hungary", the Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State for Environmental Affairs Zoltán Illés declared on Tuesday in Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, at the press conference convened to present the Swiss-sponsored project to develop the National Air Pollution Monitoring Network (OLM).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Increased Consumption of Foods Produced in Hungary</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The consumption of foods produced here in Hungary has increased significantly from 70 to 75 percent in recent months, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas said on Monday in Budapest at the opening of the SIRHA Budapest food industry expo.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Kincsem - National Equestrian Programme Going Ahead at Full Steam</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Hungarian equestrian sector has received more funding during the past two years than it did in total during the past twenty, the Ministry of Rural Development's Parliamentary State Secretary Gyula Budai said at a press conference organised to present the results of a recent assessment of the sector.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:13:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Laos is also one of the Strategic Target Areas of Hungary's "Opening to the East" Policy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minister of State for Agricultural Economy György Czerván received Laos's Deputy Minister of Agriculture Phouang Parisak Pravongviengkham, who is visiting Hungary with his delegation within the framework of the Global Forum and Expo on Family Farming"]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Campaign Launched to Promote National Parks</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The greatest depositories of Hungarian ecotourism are our national parks, the Ministry of Rural Development's Deputy State Secretary for Environmental Affairs and Conservation declared at the press conference organised to mark the launch of the campaign to promote the country's national parks. At the event, which was held in the Museum of Natural Sciences in Budapest, awards were also presented to the winners of the Magical Hungary photo competition. The Ministry and the organisation are jointly launching a new tender category entitles "Man in Nature".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Success for Hungarian Foods in Japan</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hungary is being represented by 13 Hungarian companies at a separate stand at the FOODEX 20014 International Food and Beverage Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan. Deputy State Secretary for Food Chain Supervision and Agricultural Administration Lajos Bognár is attending the Expo in representation of the Ministry of Rural Development.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:07:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Family Farming Plays a Key Role in Furthering Global Processes</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Family farming plays a key role in making global processes more positive, and Hungary wishes to actively contribute to this process", Minister Sándor Fazekas stressed in his welcoming speech at the official opening of the Global Forum and Expo on Family Farming on Wednesday in Budapest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Water Quality Improvement Project Launched</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A water quality improvement project costing a total of over 600 million forints (EUR 2 million) has been launched in Kenderes-Bánhalma and Karcag with the support of the New Széchényi Plan.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:42:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/water-quality-improvement-project-launched</link>
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      <title>Possible Agreement on Banning GMO Cultivation</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The EU Environment Ministers have held talks on the proposal that would enable member states to ban the cultivation of GMOs on their territories. Hungary was represented at the talks by Endre Kardeván.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/possible-agreement-on-banning-gmo-cultivation</link>
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      <title>Area of Irrigated Farmland to be Doubled</title>
      <description><![CDATA[We plan to increase the area of land that is irrigated in Hungarian agriculture, because only around 100 thousand hectares are currently watered by farmers, whereas permission has been granted to water 200 thousand hectares, Zsolt Feldman said on Monday at a press conference at the National Water Directorate.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/area-of-irrigated-farmland-to-be-doubled</link>
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      <title>Over half a million young Hungarian school children receive regular fruit</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Within the framework of the National School Fruit Programme, the Government has increased funding from 500 million forints to HUF 1.2bn (EUR 3.9 million) since 2010, making it possible for 538 thousand children to receive at least two different kinds of fruits at least twice a week, compared to the 277 thousand schoolchildren originally covered by the programme, Zsolt Feldman said at a forum organised at the Ministry of Rural Development.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 08:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>PRRS Decontamination is Advantageous to Hungary</title>
      <description><![CDATA["The Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) decontamination of pigs causes no damage to either the country or to farmers, the level of contamination is only 10 percent at even the largest animal husbandry units and contaminated animals are slaughtered in the usual way, there is no forced culling", Endre Kardeván told Hungarian news agency MTI with regard to the fact that in his opinion several pieces of false information had appeared in the media recently with regard to the PRRS decontamination programme.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:12:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/prrs-decontamination-is-advantageous-to-hungary</link>
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      <title>Russia to Lift Ban on Hungarian Pork Imports in March</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Russia is expected to lift the ban on the import of Hungarian live pigs, pork meat and pork products in mid-March, Chief Veterinarian Endre Kardeván announced.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/russia-to-lift-ban-on-hungarian-pork-imports-in-march</link>
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      <title>Hungary Acts to Stop the Spread of Genetically Modified Soy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungary-acts-to-stop-the-spread-of-genetically-modified-soy</link>
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      <title>Pálinka Country Tasting Launched</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/palinka-country-tasting-launched</link>
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      <title>Further Development of Hungarian-Kazakh Agricultural Relations</title>
      <description><![CDATA["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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/further-development-of-hungarian-kazakh-agricultural-relations</link>
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      <title>Government Zero Tolerance for All GMOs</title>
      <description><![CDATA["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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/government-zero-tolerance-for-all-gmos</link>
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      <title>Ecotourism Megaproject on the Hortobágy Plain</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/ecotourism-megaproject-on-the-hortobagy-plain</link>
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      <title>Farmers must apply a Green Component from 2015</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/farmers-must-apply-a-green-component-from-2015</link>
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      <title>Plant Medicine Assures Human Health and Welfare</title>
      <description><![CDATA["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.

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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:38:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/plant-medicine-assures-human-health-and-welfare</link>
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      <title>Fazekas: Yet another unfriendly step from Rupprechter</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/fazekas-yet-another-unfriendly-step-from-rupprechter</link>
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      <title>Rapid Development of Hungary's Nature Parks Expected</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/rapid-development-of-hungary-s-nature-parks-expected</link>
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      <title>European Court brings Partial Decision in Tokaj Case</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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”.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/european-court-brings-partial-decision-in-tokaj-case</link>
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      <title>Hungarian Success at the 25th Jubilee Biofach Expo</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A Hungarian wine has once again won the gold medal at the Biofach international organic product expo in Nuremberg, Germany. The award was won by Orvina Ltd's 2010 Tokaj Zeta. Hungary was represented at this year's expo by the Ministry of Rural Development's Deputy State Secretary for Social and International Relations Katalin Tóth. The expo covers an area of almost 90 thousand square metres, with 2500 exhibitors from 80 countries and tens of thousands of visitors.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungarian-success-at-the-25th-jubilee-biofach-expo</link>
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      <title>21st FeHoVa Fishing, Hunting and Arms Expo opens in Budapest</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The 21st FeHoVa International Fishing, Hunting and Arms expo opens in Budapest on Thursday. The four-day fair awaits the hunters, anglers and nature-lovers of the Carpathian Basin with a host of interesting programmes and a day out to remember.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/21st-fehova-fishing-hunting-and-arms-expo-opens-in-budapest</link>
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      <title>A Resolute Hungarian "No" to Genetically Modified Maize</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minister from the European Union's member states voted on 1507 genetically modified maize at a session of the EU General Affairs Committee on 11 February. An overwhelming majority of member states voted against authorising the cultivation of the GMO maize, which despite this will still be given a green light by the European Commission]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:31:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/a-resolute-hungarian-no-to-genetically-modified-maize</link>
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      <title>Only 10 percent of household waste should reach landfills by 2020</title>
      <description><![CDATA[We must assure that by 2020 only 10 percent of household waste reaches landfills in Hungary, the Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State for Environmental Affairs said on Tuesday at the press conference organised to announce the latest TeSzedd ("You Pick It!") litter collection drive.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:56:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/only-10-percent-of-household-waste-should-reach-landfills-by-2020</link>
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      <title>Carnival Time at the Budapest Millenáris</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Hungarian National Rural Network held an event entitled of Rural Hungary Day – A Carnival Season Merriment on 8 February at the Millenáris cultural centre in Budapest, at which lively rural Hungary and our living traditions were showcased for old and young alike.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/carnival-time-at-the-budapest-millenaris</link>
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      <title>Croatian Farmers can continue to rely on Hungarian Funding</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Rural Development's Deputy State Secretary for Parliamentary, Social and International Relations Katalin Tóth attended an event organised by the Farmers' Circle of the Democratic Community of Hungarians in Croatian town of Karanac (Karancs) to mark the first anniversary of the founding organisation, at which she stressed the importance of transferring knowledge and experience relating to the European Union to Hungarian communities living in neighbouring countries.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/croatian-farmers-can-continue-to-rely-on-hungarian-funding</link>
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      <title>Hungarian Producers Popular at World's Largest Fruit &amp; Vegetable Expo</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Hungarian exhibitors were well-received at the world's largest fruit & vegetable expo, the Fruit Logistica in Berlin, at which Hungary could be the featured guest in 2016, the President of the Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organisation and Product Board (FruitVeB) told Hungarian news agency MTI at the expo that opened on Wednesday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2014 11:32:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungarian-producers-popular-at-world-s-largest-fruit-vegetable-expo</link>
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      <title>Land for Farmers Programme Ends Successfully</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Minster for Rural Development called the Land for Farmers Programme unique, and went on to point out that the Government's goal is to facilitate the strengthening of the agrarian middle class. At the event organised to mark the close of the Programme, Mnister Sándor Fazekas said that the programme's success had provided a swift answer to every concern. In summary, Minster of State for the State Land Programme Márton Bitay said that the second Orbán cabinet has increased the number of land users tenfold.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/land-for-farmers-programme-ends-successfully</link>
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      <title>Renovated Forest School Opens in Nagykálló</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The forest school in Nagykálló-Harangod, northeast Hungary, renovated with 84 million forints of EU funding, was inaugurated this afternoon.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:32:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/renovated-forest-school-opens-in-nagykallo</link>
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      <title>Hungary and Poland are Striving to Achieve Common Goals</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Following the official meeting between Hungarian Prime Minster Viktor Orbán and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the agriculture ministers of Hungary and Poland also held bilateral talks in the Parliament building. The main topics of the meeting between Sándor Fazekas and Stanislaw Kalemba included GMO policy, the domestic distribution system for Common Agricultural Policy funding, supporting the tobacco industry, opportunities for cooperation provided by the European Innovation Partnership, and cooperation between national rural networks.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungary-and-poland-are-striving-to-achieve-common-goals</link>
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      <title>The Government is Committed to Helping People Living in Rural Areas</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:32:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/the-government-is-committed-to-helping-people-living-in-rural-areas</link>
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      <title>Strategic Partnership with the Medicinal Plant Industry</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/strategic-partnership-with-the-medicinal-plant-industry</link>
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      <title>New National Park Visitors' Centre and Nature Trail Opens</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:56:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/new-national-park-visitors-centre-and-nature-trail-opens</link>
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      <title>Hungarian Agriculture is Standing its Ground against International Competition</title>
      <description><![CDATA["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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:43:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungarian-agriculture-is-standing-its-ground-against-international-competition</link>
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      <title>Expanding agricultural relations between Hungary and Kazakhstan</title>
      <description><![CDATA["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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:24:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/expanding-agricultural-relations-between-hungary-and-kazakhstan</link>
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      <title>Pig Sector to receive HUF 1.6bn again this year</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 08:43:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/pig-sector-to-receive-huf-1-6bn-again-this-year</link>
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      <title>Cooperation for the Agricultural Development of Hungary's Eastern Partners</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/cooperation-for-the-agricultural-development-of-hungary-s-eastern-partners</link>
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      <title>Payment of Second Instalment of SAPS Funding Begins</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/payment-of-second-instalment-of-saps-funding-begins</link>
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      <title>More Schools Participating in School Milk Programme</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2014 16:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/more-schools-participating-in-school-milk-programme</link>
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      <title>The Hungaricums are the treasures of the Hungarian peoples</title>
      <description><![CDATA["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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/the-hungaricums-are-the-treasures-of-the-hungarian-peoples</link>
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      <title>Inter-ministerial Committee holds meeting to discuss pocket contracts</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/inter-ministerial-committee-holds-meeting-to-discuss-pocket-contracts</link>
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      <title>National Food Chain Forum facilitates dialogue between market operators</title>
      <description><![CDATA["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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2014 10:37:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/national-food-chain-forum-facilitates-dialogue-between-market-operators</link>
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      <title>HUF 6.3bn Wastewater Project to be Launched in Northeast Hungary</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:31:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/huf-6-3bn-wastewater-project-to-be-launched-in-northeast-hungary</link>
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      <title>Hungary to receive EUR 1.9bn extra in CAP Funding</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 08:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungary-to-receive-eur-1-9bn-extra-in-cap-funding</link>
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      <title>Winemaking is the "Jewel" of Hungarian Agriculture</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hungarian viticulture and winemaking has always been the jewel of Hungarian agriculture, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas said on Sunday in Ópusztaszer.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 08:32:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/winemaking-is-the-jewel-of-hungarian-agriculture</link>
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      <title>There was no pre-agreed time for a proposed meeting between the Austrian and Hungarian Ministers of Agriculture</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/there-was-no-pre-agreed-time-for-a-proposed-meeting-between-the-austrian-and-hungarian-ministers-of-agriculture</link>
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      <title>Hungarian-German Agricultural Turnover Expanding Dynamically</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungarian-german-agricultural-turnover-expanding-dynamically</link>
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      <title>2014 a Transitional Year for the Agriculture Funding System</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:42:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/2014-a-transitional-year-for-the-agriculture-funding-system</link>
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      <title>Zoltán Illés Pushes for Full Closure of Hortobágy Dangerous Waste Facility</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/zoltan-illes-pushes-for-full-closure-of-hortobagy-dangerous-waste-facility</link>
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      <title>New Land Use Regulations Ignored by some Farmers</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/new-land-use-regulations-ignored-by-some-farmers</link>
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      <title>Quality Services for Wine Makers and Professional Technology to Detect Fake Wine</title>
      <description><![CDATA[During a visit to the Wine and Alcoholic Beverages Directorate of the National Food Chain Safety Office (NFSCO), Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas and Ministerial Commissioner for Wine Sector Development Eliza Kiss viewed the institutions activities aimed at facilitating the work of wine producers and the work phase of the National Tasting of Red and Rosé Wines, which is currently underway.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/quality-services-for-wine-makers-and-professional-technology-to-detect-fake-wine</link>
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      <title>Room for Expansion of Hungarian-Russian Agrarian Relations</title>
      <description><![CDATA[There is further room for expansion in Hungarian-Russian agrarian relations, which have developed dynamically recently, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas told Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/room-for-expansion-of-hungarian-russian-agrarian-relations</link>
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      <title>New EU Environment Action Programme Launched</title>
      <description><![CDATA[At the end of last year, the European Council and the European Parliament signed the European Union's new, 7th Environment Action Programme, which will come into effect in January; the Programme determines the EUs main environment and climate objectives until 2020. The adoption of the programme was preceded by a long process of negotiations between member states, the Council and the European Parliament.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/new-eu-environment-action-programme-launched</link>
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      <title>Two-Bin Household Waste Collection to begin in 2015</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Household waste collection using two separate dustbins will begin in Hungary on 1 January 2015, Minister of State for Environmental Affairs Zoltán Illés announced on Tuesday at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Budafilter 94 Ltd's new plastic recycling plant in Mezőfalva, Central Transdanubia.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/two-bin-household-waste-collection-to-begin-in-2015</link>
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      <title>The "Land for Farmers" Programme is principally aimed at helping Family Farms and Young Farmers</title>
      <description><![CDATA["The 'Land for Farmers' Programme is principally aimed at helping family farms and young farmers by enabling them to improve their production conditions", the Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State in charge of the State Land Programme said at a press conference in Budapest today.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/the-land-for-farmers-programme-is-principally-aimed-at-helping-family-farms-and-young-farmers</link>
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      <title>Hungarian Agriculture Performed Better Than Previously in 2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In 2013, Hungarian agriculture preformed better than in previous years, as also indicated by the fact that it contributed to a significant extent, by almost 50 percent, to the 1.8 percent increase in GDP recorded in the third quarter of 2013, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas told Hungarian news agency MTI, reviewing the sector's performance in 2013.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2014 17:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungarian-agriculture-performed-better-than-previously-in-2013</link>
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      <title>Development Projects based on Hungarian Requirements with EU Funding</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Some 90 percent of the development projects required for the realisation of the goals determined within the National Forestry Strategy may be financed from European Union resources, the Ministry of Rural Development stated in report provided in reply to a query from Hungarian news agency MTI.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2014 15:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/development-projects-based-on-hungarian-requirements-with-eu-funding</link>
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      <title>No More Needless Overregulation of Fruit and Vegetable Producers who use Thermal Water</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Following a long period of professional development, the new governmental and ministerial decree level implementation regulations regarding thermal spring water extracted for purely energy purposes were published in 31 December 2013.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2014 14:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/no-more-needless-overregulation-of-fruit-and-vegetable-producers-who-use-thermal-water</link>
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      <title>The Farmstead Development Programme must continue</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Some 6 billion forints (20 million euros) has been spent over the past three years on developing living conditions on Hungary's rural farmsteads with a view to keeping farmsteads populated, but according to Minister of State Gyula Budai, funding must continue to be available for several more years within the framework of the Farmstead Development Programme before living conditions for the some 300 thousand Hungarians who live in farmsteads reaches the level of those living in municipalities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2014 13:27:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/the-farmstead-development-programme-must-continue</link>
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      <title>Hungarian Agriculture Minister to meet with his Austrian Counterpart</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minster for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas has confirmed that his Austrian counterpart, Andrä Rupprechter, has asked to have a meeting with him with relation to new Hungarian farmland acquisition regulations that may affect Austrian farmers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2014 12:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/hungarian-agriculture-minister-to-meet-with-his-austrian-counterpart</link>
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      <title>GMO-Free Campaign Success and the Popularity of Locally Produced Foods</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hungary recently won an important court battle against the European Commission with relation to GMOs, confirming the policy of the Hungarian Government. In addition, in 2013 the Government launched programs supporting farmers’ market and local communities.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/gmo-free-campaign-success-and-the-popularity-of-locally-produced-foods</link>
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      <title>The Quality of Rural Life must be improved while maintaining Sustainable Development</title>
      <description><![CDATA["The inhabitants of rural towns and cities also have the right to a big city standard of living, but this must be achieved in parallel with developments aimed at sustainability", Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas declared on Saturday in Túrkeve, in the Northern Great Plains region.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/the-quality-of-rural-life-must-be-improved-while-maintaining-sustainable-development</link>
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      <title>The Harmful Activities of certain Animal Rights Organisations Reach Beyond Hungary's borders</title>
      <description><![CDATA[According to the Ministry of Rural Development's Parliamentary State Secretary Gyula Budai, the harmful activities of certain animal rights organisations reach beyond Hungary's borders, and accordingly those affected in Germany, Hungary and Poland should support each other.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:12:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/the-harmful-activities-of-certain-animal-rights-organisations-reach-beyond-hungary-s-borders</link>
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      <title>2013: a Year of Achievements</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Hungarian agricultural economy has moved onto the path of growth, as a result of which the domestic standard of living has improved, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas said at the Ministry's Christmas celebration, summarising the results of 2013.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2013 13:07:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/2013-a-year-of-achievements</link>
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      <title>Let's Eat Fresh Hungarian Fish for Christmas!</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Annual per capita fish consumption in Hungary has reached 4 kilograms-a-year, half of which is derived from imports, the country's Chief Veterinarian and the Ministry of Rural Development's Minister of State for Food Chain Supervision and Agricultural Economy Endre Kardeván said at a press conference held in a fishmongers in Budapest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2013 12:07:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/let-s-eat-fresh-hungarian-fish-for-christmas</link>
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      <title>Expanding Hungarian-Turkish Agricultural Relations</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hungarian-Turkish agrarian relations may be developed perspectively, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas told Hungarian news agency MTI in a telephone interview after meeting with his counterpart, Turkish Minister of Agriculture Mehmet Mehdi Eker in Ankara on Wednesday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/expanding-hungarian-turkish-agricultural-relations</link>
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      <title>Record Number of Nursery Schools Receive "Green Kindergarten" Classification</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Human Resources are working together in the interests of environmental education and to promote the environmental awareness of future generations by ensuring that children gain suitable experience and practical environmental training beginning in nursery school. 226 nursery schools were awarded "Green Kindergarten" certificates in 2013 at a ceremony held in the Hungarian Museum of Agriculture on 19 December.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/record-number-of-nursery-schools-receive-green-kindergarten-classification</link>
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      <title>Endre Kardeván Holds Talks on Increasing Food Exports to Ukraine</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minister of State for Food Chain Supervision and Agricultural Economy Endre Kardeván received Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Co-Chair of the Hungarian-Ukrainian Joint Committee on Economic Cooperation Mikola Prysyazhnyuk at the Ministry of Rural Development in Budapest today, to hold discussions within the framework of the Committee.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/endre-kardevan-holds-talks-on-increasing-food-exports-to-ukraine</link>
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      <title>The Authorities are Monitoring Frozen Marine Fish</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas has ordered the targeted monitoring of frozen marine fish throughout the country. During testing, inspectors check that packaging includes the required information in accordance with regulations and the thickness of the permitted layer of ice on fish, in addition to performing tests of a sensory and toxicological nature.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>New 2014 Selective Waste Collection Contracts Signed</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The National Waste Management Agency (OHÜ) signed agreements for next year's selective waste collection with the first three public service providers on Tuesday in Budapest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2013 16:28:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-rural-development/news/new-2014-selective-waste-collection-contracts-signed</link>
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