VM: seeds are strategic products

The Hungarian seeds are strategic products. Production is implemented currently on 130 thousand hectares. The expansion of the production area is a national security interest – Szépe Ferenc, internationally renowned scientists and Head of Department at the Ministry of Rural Development told at a scientific meeting began on Thursday at the Pannon University in Keszthely.

Hungary the third largest exporter of seed in the European Union, and ninth in the world – he added.

Plant breeding and related researches are relevant in the development of modern and high level agriculture – Németh Tamás, Secretary-General of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) added.  (MTI)