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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 288
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MAF 288
Records concerning relations between the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, principally referring to the Institute's work on seed and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 288
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division and predecessors: Registered Files, Liaison with National Institute of Agricultural Botany (AK Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1920-2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records concerning relations between the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, principally referring to the Institute's work on seed and variety testing, inspection and verification (carried out by the Institute's Official Seed Testing Station).
Many files in this series contain pre-1965 papers annexed from the SDS file series (MAF 78 and MAF 370) and RG file series (MAF 33 and MAF 117)
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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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AK 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, Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division, 1965-1989
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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242 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2005 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
from 1996 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1965 onwards
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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This series is accruing
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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 National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) at Cambridge was set up in 1919, largely on the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries' initiative, to promote seed and crop improvement. It was an independent institution, established under a trust deed, but financed mainly by annual and capital grants from the ministry. It was governed by a council including representatives of the UK Agricultural Departments, Cambridge and other universities, various trade associations, the National Farmers' Union, etc.
Its work covered seed testing; variety testing; seed crop inspection and certification; and seed multiplication and distribution. It tested new varieties of seed, both from home and abroad, to assess their suitability for farming conditions in different parts of the country. It issued lists of recommended varieties based on results of trials it carried out at Cambridge and regional centres. The institute, in close liaison with MAFF, also administered various seed certification schemes. From 1921 it operated, by delegation from the ministry, the Official Seed Testing Station for England and Wales, established by the Seeds Act 1920.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10688/
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Within the department: MAF
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division and predecessors: Registered Files, Liaison with National Institute of Agricultural Botany (AK Series)