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New kosher slaughterhouse opens in Csengele
Ministry of Agriculture, July 6, 2017 1:10 PM
A new kosher slaughterhouse and poultry processing plant has been built in the Csongrád County town of Csengele with a greenfield investment of some 2.8 million forints (EUR 9M); the new facility was officially inaugurated on Wednesday.
Eleven member states support joint German-Hungarian initiative on signing European Soy Declaration
Ministry of Agriculture, June 27, 2017 1:33 PM
At a meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 12 June 2017 in Luxembourg, eleven member states support joint German-Hungarian initiative on signing European Soy Declaration.
Japan is the number one target for Hungarian food exports outside the EU
Ministry of Agriculture, June 27, 2017 1:31 PM
“Japan is the number one target for Hungarian food exports outside the EU, and this is one of the reasons it was chosen to be the guest of honour at this year’s National Agriculture and Food Industry Expo and Fair (OMÉK)”, the Minister of Agriculture announced at a press conference in Budapest.
Hungary supports EU environmental protection goals
Ministry of Agriculture, June 27, 2017 1:31 PM
The Council of Environment Ministers of the European Union met in Luxembourg on 19 June 2017. Head of the Hungarian delegation, Minister of State for Environmental Affairs, Agricultural Development and Hungaricums Zsolt V. Németh stressed that the efficient implementation of environmental regulations continues to be a priority for Hungary.
China and Hungary conclude land management framework agreement
Ministry of Agriculture, June 27, 2017 1:30 PM
The Ministry of Agriculture’s Minister of State for Public Administration, Andrea Gulyás, concluded a framework agreement on land management cooperation with China’s Deputy Minister for Land and Resource Management Wang Guanghua in Budapest.
Hungarian and Czech Agriculture Ministers discuss future of CAP
Ministry of Agriculture, June 16, 2017 10:49 AM
“EU member states must find a common denominator with relation to the Common Agricultural Policy, and this is also in Hungary’s fundamental interests. The future of Hungarian agriculture is to a great extent dependent on whether we succeed in coming to an agreement on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) following 2020”, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said on Karc FM radio’s morning program following talks in the Czech Republic.
The Hungarian and Czech Ministries of Agriculture are both committed to eliminating the dual quality of foods
Ministry of Agriculture, June 16, 2017 10:48 AM
“The Hungarian and Czech Ministries of Agriculture are both committed to protecting the interests of consumers and farmers”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said in a statement to Hungarian news agency MTI following talks with his Czech counterpart, Minister of Agriculture Marian Jurečka in Brno.
A major step towards internationally acknowledged, innovative Hungarian agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture, June 16, 2017 10:47 AM
“Innovation is the engine of economic growth, and its role is becoming increasingly important”, Parliamentary State Secretary István Nagy said at the launch of a book entitled Research & Development - Innovation in the Service of Agriculture at the Ministry of Agriculture.
2016 was a record year for Hungarian agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture, June 16, 2017 10:46 AM
“Hungarian agriculture, and especially arable crop production, may be regarded as a successful sector of industry in view of the fact that in every past year it has contributed positively to economic growth as well as breaking several historic records in 2016”, Minister of State for Food Chain Supervision and the region’s Member of Parliament Róbert Zsigó declared at the 9th Professional Partnership Conference in Baja.
Hungary is guest of honour at Warsaw Food Expo 2017
Ministry of Agriculture, June 7, 2017 4:20 PM
Hungary is guest of honour at the Warsaw Food Expo 2017 international food industry fair that opened in Nadarzyn on Thursday, and which this year was organised to coincide with the meeting of Visegrád Group (V4) agriculture ministers and the relative ministers of Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia.