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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 265
What's it about?
MAF 265
The series deals with the compilation and analysis of statistics produced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and its predecessors on the output and value of the national farm product, estimates and forecasts of production and the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 265
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Economics Divisions, Agricultural Economics Unit and successors: Registered Files, Analysis of Agricultural Statistics (AAS series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1941-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series deals with the compilation and analysis of statistics produced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and its predecessors on the output and value of the national farm product, estimates and forecasts of production and the collation of material and co-ordination of statistics for Annual and Special Reviews. Included in these papers are examples of the methods of calculation, analysis of trends in agricultural production and policy considerations on the expansion of agriculture. Some files also concern the annual agricultural census, supplies of feedingstuffs, fertilisers and farm labour.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For horticulture statistics see MAF 266
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Earlier files in the AAS file series can be found in
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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AAS file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Agricultural Economics Unit, Output Analysis Branch, 1957-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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240 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Agricultural Economics Unit was responsible for the preparation of the economic and financial statistics required for Annual and Special Reviews, for providing statistics and intelligence service for the divisions concerned with price guaranteed commodities and certain other products (eg feeding-stuffs). It also collaborated in investigations into problems arising in the course of the work of the Education and Advisory Services Division, including the provision and collation of statistical and accountancy material, and maintained a liaison with other government departments on economic and statistical matters (eg estimates of national income and expenditure, capital investment).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10665/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments,...
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Economics Divisions, Agricultural Economics Unit and successors: Registered Files, Analysis of Agricultural Statistics (AAS series)