At the Smart Economy Hungary conference organised on Tuesday in Budapest by CoSignum and the National Institute for Environment (NeKI), State Secretary for Environmental Affairs Zoltán Illés and State Secretary Norbert Csizmadia spoke about the new Waste Management Act and the relation between the environment and the economy.
"Giving poor and vulnerable people secure and equitable rights to access land and other natural resources is a key condition in the fight against hunger and poverty", said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva in his speech at today's special session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) at FAO headquarters in Rome, where 124 member states ceremoniously adopted the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Land Tenure.
A commemoration service was held in remembrance of Mihály Kováts, a Hungarian born hussar colonel who was killed in action during the American War of Independence, in the city of his birth, Karcag.
31 businesses are representing Hungary at the 79th International Agriculture Fair in Vojvodina, held from May 12-18 with the support of the Hungarian Collective Agricultural Marketing Centre (AMC). For seven companies, this is the first time they are presenting themselves before the Serbian public. On May 12, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas will be holding talks with Serbian Minister for Commerce, Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Dušan Petrović.
State Secretary for Environmental Affairs Zoltán Illés and Saudi Arabia's Minister for Water and Electricity Abdullah Al Hussayen held talks at the Ministry of Rural Development today on various water management topics: the construction of waterworks', the utilization of artesian water and sewage management. The parties agreed on an exchange of water management experts.
Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas and Minister for Agriculture Fahad bin Abdulrahman Balghunaim discussed the establishment of a Hungarian-Saudi holding during their meetings in Budapest on Monday. The joint venture, set up with state participation, would deal with cattle breeding, plant cultivation and poultry breeding.