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Central European cooperation in the interest of developing agro-research
Ministry of Agriculture, February 23, 2017 3:40 PM
“Greater emphasis must be placed on research, innovation, cross-border cooperation and joint action by the region within the biomass-based economy, in the interests of assuring the further sustainable growth of agriculture and the facilitation of knowledge-based development”, Zsolt Feldman said at the BIOEAST conference, which was jointly organised by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Research Institute of Agricultural Economics and the National Chamber of Agricultural Economics on 21-22 February in Budapest.
Record number of visitors and successful Hungarian appearance at this year’s Biofach
Ministry of Agriculture, February 23, 2017 3:40 PM
This year’s Biofach in Nuremberg, which has a 28-year history and is Europe’s most important organic products expo, was visited by 50 thousand people from 134 countries, who viewed the stands of 2785 exhibitors from 88 countries. The Hungarian National Stand organised by the Agricultural Marketing Centre (AMC), also performed outstandingly at the event, which was held from 15-18 February.
Danube-Ipoly National Park launches 585 million forint conservation programme
Ministry of Agriculture, February 15, 2017 1:09 PM
“The Danube-Ipoly National Park is launching a conservation programme in Komárom-Esztergom County with a total budget of 585 million forints (EUR 1.9M) to restore the aquatic habitats of the Tát islands and to protect bat colonies in the Gerecse, Pilis and Vertes Hills”, the National Park’s Director, András Füri, announced at a press conference in Esztergom on Monday.
The Government is placing particular emphasis on supporting the pig farming sector
Ministry of Agriculture, February 15, 2017 1:07 PM
“Our traditional, indigenous species, such as the Mangalitsa, are of key importance with regard to landscape protection; they form part of the Hungarian landscape, folk traditions are linked to them and they are part of our national identity and symbols of Hungary”, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Parliamentary State Secretary István Nagy said in his opening speech at the 10th Budapest Mangalitsa Festival.
The European Commission also acknowledges Hungary’s animal health efforts
Ministry of Agriculture, February 13, 2017 1:00 PM
Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazkeas held bilateral talks with EU Commissioner for Heath and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis during his official visit to Budapest.
Rapid rise in the area used for and the number of enterprises involved in organic farming
Ministry of Agriculture, February 9, 2017 1:23 PM
“The area of land used for organic farming and the number of enterprises involved in organic farming in Hungary has practically doubled during the course of a single year. While organic farming was performed on 120 thousand hectares in 2015, 200 thousand hectares were used for this purpose in 2016”, Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas said on Thursday as a conference at Szent István University in Gödöllő.
Russian-Hungarian regional economic cooperation a promising opportunity for Hungary
Ministry of Agriculture, February 9, 2017 11:41 AM
“Russian-Hungarian regional economic cooperation is a promising opportunity for Hungary”, the Minister of Agriculture said in a telephone statement to Hungarian news agency MTI on Tuesday after visiting Smolensk County in Western Russia.
Founding joint ventures could be an important future area of Russian-Hungarian agricultural cooperation
Ministry of Agriculture, February 7, 2017 12:36 PM
“Founding joint ventures could be an important future area of Russian-Hungarian agricultural cooperation”, the two countries’ agriculture ministers determined during their negotiations in Moscow on Monday.
Government earmarks 40 million forints for animal protection from the 2017 budget
Ministry of Agriculture, February 2, 2017 1:15 PM
“This year’s budget includes 40 million forints for animal protection tasks, which will finance the spaying and castration of dogs in shelters, the modernisation of dog pounds and animal shelters, and a programme to increase public awareness about being a responsible pet owner”, Minister of State Róbert Zsigó said at a press conference in Budapest.
Hungarian pavilion closes International Green Week with a huge success and an incredible number of visitors
Ministry of Agriculture, February 2, 2017 12:30 PM
The world’s largest agriculture, food industry and horticulture expo, Berlin’s International Green Week (IGW) ended on Sunday with a resounding success and over 400 thousand visitors; this year, for the second time in history, Hungary was the event’s exclusive partner country.