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SCHEDULEPROGRAMME FOR THE YEAR 1988—9 OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN MATTERS AFFECTING THE GROWING OF HOME-GROWN BEET

PART Iprojects to be carried out by the persons or bodies described in relation thereto and estimates of expenditure to be incurred in carrying them out

£££
A. RESEARCH

1.  Variety trials: National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge

77,097

Less income from National Institute of Agricultural Botany

1,200
75,897

2.  Agronomy, physiology, nutrition, pest and disease control: Broom’s Barn Experimental Station

1,084,200

Less income from Broom’s Barn Experimental Station

93,800
990,400

3.  Crop husbandry: Norfolk Agricultural Station

98,908

4.  Physiology and aphid resistance: Rothamsted Experimental Station

62,969

5.  Rhizomania disease and aphid resistance: MAFF Harpenden Laboratory

54,497

6.  Beet Yellows Virus: John Innes Institute

2,447

7.  Water erosion of soil: MAFF (ADAS), Cambridge

7,188

8.  Wind erosion of soil: MAFF Arthur Rickwood Experimental Husbandry Farm

11,436
1,303,742
B. EDUCATION
British Sugar plc:

1.  Publicity

(a)British Sugar Beet Review

30,750

(b)Film Unit

1,179

(c)Warning Schemes

8,200

(d)Weed beet eradication campaign

10,23550,364

2.  Demonstrations:

(e)Salaries and programme

204,559

(f)Hire and maintenance of equipment

23,184

(g)Silsoe College/British Sugar Soil Management project

57,500
285,243

3.  Audit Fee

1,121
336,728
c/f 1,640,470

PART IIestimate of general expenses

£££
b/f 1,640,470

1.  Travelling and subsistence expenses of members and officers of the Sugar Beet Research and Education Committee and its sub-committees

4,500

2.  Administrative charges

(a)Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

19,934

(b)National Audit Office

2,600
22,534

3.  Institut International de Recherches Betteravières:

(a)Subscriptions

11,845

less recoverable subscriptions

1,952
9,893

(b)Expenses and visits

11,670
21,563

(c)Contingencies

(i)General

50,000

(ii)Rhizomania disease

37,000
93,060
Estimate of amount of expenditure to be incurred in carrying out the programme1,782,127