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Catalogue reference: MAF 283

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MAF 283

The series covers all the economic aspects of farming e.g. investigations into costs of production, suitable levels for guaranteed prices and government subsidies, best economic practice in farm management, rates of wages, etc.

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Reference

MAF 283

Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessor: Economics Divisions: Registered Files, Economics of Farming (EF Series)
Date

1925-2003

Description

The series covers all the economic aspects of farming e.g. investigations into costs of production, suitable levels for guaranteed prices and government subsidies, best economic practice in farm management, rates of wages, etc.

Arrangement
Arrangement

Arranged in EF reference order (pieces 470, 601-603, 721-740 are out of sequence). This order is broadly chronological, since most files were created to deal with contemporary issues. An exception is MAF 283/558-588: these files were raised in 1965 to contain papers (mainly concerning annual reviews) of earlier date (1944-1955).

Separated material

Some files re-registered into the AN file series; see

MAF 366

Some early EF files are also in

MAF 38

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

EF file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Economics and Statistics Division, 1942-1955
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Agricultural Economics Division, 1959-1965
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Agricultural Economics Unit, 1957-1959
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Economics Division, 1955-1957
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Economics Division, 1965-1967
Physical description

749 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1993 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Accumulation dates

1942 onwards

Accruals

Series is accruing

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10683/

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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessor: Economics Divisions: Registered Files, Economics of Farming (EF Series)