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Dr. Strang
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many of his Ministry's postgraduate studentships in agriculture and food studies for the academic year beginning 1 October 1991 directly covered or related substantially to (a) the relationship between farming and the environment, (b) organic farming, (c) whole crop utilisation and novel crops including alternative uses for arable crops, (d)raising the productive potential of the principal agricultural commodities, (e)food safety and (f)animal welfare.
Mr. Gummer
The number of postgraduate research studentships awarded by my Department in these areas in the academic year beginning I October 1991 was as follows:
| Number | |
| (a) relationship between farming and the environment | 12 |
| (b) organic farming | 1 |
| (c) whole crop utilisation and novel crops including alternative uses for arable crops | — |
| (d) raising the production potential of the principal agricultural commodities | 23 |
| (e) food safety | 7 |
| (f) animal welfare | 6 |