The Hungarian decision-makers have currently
undertaken the examination and the renewal of the legal and institutional
framework of an extremely important issue, namely the conservation of local
varieties, national crop and livestock genetic resources, which constitute an
invaluable part of our national heritage, and can play a significant role in
implementing a qualitative structural change in our agricultural system,
ensuring nutritional and food security as well as expanding rural employment
and market opportunities. The general public detains limited information
about these issues and decision-makers themselves might be unaware of their
importance in sufficient depth.
In our view, the impact of a new legal framework, which deeply affects
sustainability, the environmental, economic and social dimensions of human
life, the opportunities available for future generations and that has the
potential to strengthen local economies and communities, will be the most
efficient and beneficial if there is room for a wide public participation in
the legislative process by integrating the considerations of science, economy
and civil society organizations.
In this spirit and based on the above values the Parliamentary Commission for
Agriculture organises an Parliamentary Open
Day entitled „Landscape Management, Local Varieties and
Genetic Conservation” on May 22, 2009, the International Day of
Biological Diversity, between 10 AM and 6 PM in the Senate’s Room of
the Hungarian Parliament.
