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Catalogue reference: MAF 120

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MAF 120

Files of the various divisions concerned with domestic production of cereals and sugar beet. They also cover policy in various fields, including compensatory payments for coastal flooding, the allocation of ploughing grants and the problems of...

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Reference

MAF 120

Title
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Cereals Divisions: Registered Files, Crop Production (CPR Series)
Date

1932-1973

Description

Files of the various divisions concerned with domestic production of cereals and sugar beet. They also cover policy in various fields, including compensatory payments for coastal flooding, the allocation of ploughing grants and the problems of increasing acreage under tillage. Some files relate to marketing policy and to guaranteed prices for cereals and sugar beet. A few files refer to food defence plans drawn up during the war.

Arrangement
Arrangement

Files are arranged by former reference number within these sequences of piece numbers: MAF 120/1-3, MAF 120/4-191, MAF 120/192-196.

Related material

For further records relating to flood damage see MAF 221

Separated material

Other files in the CPR series are in:

MAF 37

MAF 43

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

CPR file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Crops and Feeding Stuffs Division, 1952-1955
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Crops, Feeding Stuffs and Subsidies Division, 1946-1952
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Supplies Division I, 1940-1948
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Crop Improvement Division, 1969-1970
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Crop Production Division, 1956-1957
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Defence, Emergencies and Crop Improvement Division, 1970-1974
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Grassland and Crop Improvement Division, 1959-1969
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Sugar and Crop Production Division, 1957-1959
Physical description

201 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Food and drink
Fishing
Farming
Accumulation dates

1943

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10520/

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