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Ministry of Overseas Development: Rural Development Department: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: OD 68
What's it about?
OD 68
This series contains registered files (RD series) of the Rural Development Department of the Ministry of Overseas Development detailing general UK policy on non-industrial aid and development in rural areas.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OD 68
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Overseas Development: Rural Development Department: Registered Files (RD Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1969-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files (RD series) of the Rural Development Department of the Ministry of Overseas Development detailing general UK policy on non-industrial aid and development in rural areas.
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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)
- RD series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Overseas Development, Rural Development Department, 1975-1976
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 76 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2005 Department for International Development
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Aid and development
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1975 to 1976
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Records selected under Acquisition Policy criteria 2.2.1.3, 2.2.1.5 and 2.2.2.2, showing UK rural development policy and relations with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (dealing with topics such as sustainable development, rural co-operatives, renewable natural resources and so on).
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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 Rural Development Department was established in 1975 and brought together policy work on development in rural areas, such as the use of renewable natural resources, farmers co-operatives and so on, and relations with the international bodies interested in this field (principally the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the consultative Group on Food Production). The department was short-lived, however, being abolished in 1976, at which time most of its responsibilities were absorbed by a new FAO (UN Food and Agriculture Organisation) Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15753/
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Ministry of Overseas Development: Rural Development Department: Registered Files (RD Series)
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