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Catalogue reference: MAF 252

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MAF 252

Files of the various external relations divisions of the agriculture departments dealing with the UK contribution to the work of the Food and Agriculture Organisation. Many files deal with the management of this contribution, such as papers...

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Reference
MAF 252
Title
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: External Relations Divisions: Registered Files, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO Series)
Date
1945-1976
Description

Files of the various external relations divisions of the agriculture departments dealing with the UK contribution to the work of the Food and Agriculture Organisation. Many files deal with the management of this contribution, such as papers relating to the National Committee for the UK. Some deal with such subjects as the marketing of dairy products and the disposal of agricultural surpluses.

Related material

Later Overseas Development Department files on relations with FAO can be found in: OD 25 OD 33

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
FAO file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
317 file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Accumulation dates
1946
Administrative / biographical background

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is one of the specialised agencies set up by member governments under the aegis of the United Nations. It was inaugurated in 1945 in Washington. Until 1965, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food liaised directly with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. Thereafter, responsibility for co-ordinating the United Kingdom's work with the FAO was transferred to the Ministry of Overseas Development.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10652/

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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: External Relations Divisions: Registered Files, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO Series)