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Catalogue description Ministry of Overseas Development: Rural Development Department: Registered Files (RD Series)
| Reference: | OD 68 |
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| Title: | Ministry of Overseas Development: Rural Development Department: Registered Files (RD Series) |
| Description: |
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. |
| Date: | 1969-1981 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | RD series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Ministry of Overseas Development, Rural Development Department, 1975-1976 |
| Physical description: | 76 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2005 Department for International Development |
| Accumulation dates: | File series ran from 1975 to 1976 |
| Selection and destruction information: | 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). |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
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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