NEW PLANT RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN HUNGARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700230231-8
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 2011
• Sequence Number: 231
• Publication Date: August 15, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION S-E-C-h-E-T
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT Scientific - Plant research institute
Economic - Agriculture
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Budapest
DATE
PUBLISHED 27 Mar 1954
LANGUAGE Hungarian
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DATE OF
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1954
DATE DIST. /5 Aug 1955
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
NEW PIANT RESEA2CH INSTITUTE IN HUNGARY
Decree No 23/1954 (111.27) of the Council of Ministers states that an in-
stitute, to be known as the National Institute for Plant Species Experimenta-
tion (Orszagos Novenyfaitakiserleti Intezet), is to be established in Budapest.
The institute is to conduct experiments with and evaluate plant species,
perform research on species, and take care of the administrative affairs of
the Council for the Classification of Plant Species (Novenyfajtaminosito Ta-
nacs). The institute will be created from the Department of Plant Species Ex-
perimentation of the Horticultural Research Institute (Kerteszeti Kutato In-
tezet) and will include the 31 experimental stations of the latter insititute.
Additional stations for experimentation with plant species will be set up in
Zala and Nograd megyek and in the vicinity of Szerencs.
The gardens of the institute will include sections for fruits, grapes,
herbs, and decorative plants.
The institute will be under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Agricul-
ture, and its research and experimental work will be supervised by the Council
for the Classification of Plant Species. Institute salaries and supplies must
be provided for in the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Certain provisions of Decree No 83/1951 (IV. 8) of the Council of Minis-
ters on the classification of improved plant species are modified as follows:
The council will decide all questions pertaining to the classification
of plant species. It will determine which species are to be introduced to or
withdrawn from national cultivation; it will advise the Minister of Agricul-
ture as to the proper locality for growing classified plants and as to the
awards to be given to persons responsible for improving plants.
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The council will consist of a maximum of 100 members. The head of the
council and the members will be appointed by the Minister of Agriculture for
a 3-year period.
The following persons are members of the council by virtue of their
position: the leaders and chief' agronomists of the Directorate of Plant Cul-
tivation of the Ministry of Agriculture, the chief agronomists of the agri-
cultural branch of the megye councils, and the director of the National In-
stitute for Plant Species Experimentation.
Members by appointment will consist of two representatives each from
the Ministry of Light Industry, the Ministry of Foreign and Domestic Trade,
the Ministry of Food Industry, the National Planning Office, the Hungarian
Academy of Sciences, and the University of Agriculture; and one representa-
tive each from pertinent agricultural and industrial research institutes, as
well as experts called in by the Minister of Agriculture.
Persons who improve an exceptional and widely cultivated plant may re-
ceive an award of up to 50,000 forints if the species is recognized and up
to 100,000 forints, if it is registered. The size of the award will depend
on the importance and quality of the new plant species. These persons will
receive additional remuneration in proportion to the propagation of the plant.
The Minister of Agriculture will regulate the distribution of improved
seed and is responsible for the implementation of this decree.
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