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

10,235

50,364

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 programme

1,782,127