Catalogue description Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Rural Development Regulation (RDR Series)

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Reference: MAF 683
Title: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Rural Development Regulation (RDR Series)
Description:

This series contains records relating to the development of policy and legislation to cover the England Rural Development Programme (ERDP), its activities and schemes together with financing matters and evaluation, strategy for agriculture which outlines progress on the delivery of the plan for agriculture in the UK and the launch and development of the Rural Enterprise and Processing and Marketing Schemes. It also includes minutes and supporting documents of the England Rural Development Programme Ministerial Board, which considers all policy and legislative aspects of the programme.
Date: 1999-2005
Related material:

See also MAF 700
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: RDR
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
Physical description: 26 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

from 2014 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The England Rural Development Programme was a programme of activities managed by the Regional Delivery and Communications Team and designed to contribute to the delivery of the Government's Strategy for Sustainable Farming and Food by helping farmers and foresters to respond better to consumer requirements and become more competitive, diverse, flexible and environmentally responsible. It also provided help to rural businesses and communities which needed to adapt and develop. The programme provided a framework for the operation of separate but integrated schemes which furnished opportunities to protect and improve the countryside, to develop sustainable enterprises and to help rural communities to thrive. A total of £1.6 billion of EU and UK Government money was made available under these schemes in England during the seven years of the programme (2000-2006).

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