Identity area
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Production and Rural Development Division
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Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food. Production and Rural Development Division
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History
The Production and Rural Development Division was established within the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food in 1966, assuming the functions that had previously been performed within the Services Division.
At creation, the division consisted of the following branches and agencies: the Ontario Junior Farmer Establishment Loan Corporation, the Crop Insurance Commission, the Provincial Entomologist, the Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development Branch, the Extension Branch, the Home Economics Branch, the Soils and Crops Branch, the Livestock Branch, and the Agricultural and Horticultural Societies Branch. Later, the Food Land Development Branch was added to the division.
On April 1, 1982 the division was dissolved during an extensive ministry re- organization, and its programs were dispersed. It had no immediate successor.
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The Production and Rural Development Division, through the various branches and agencies under its supervision, supplied outreach services and funding in support of Ontario's rural communities on behalf of the Department and later Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture and Food, 1965
Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture and Food, 1966-1972
Annual Reports of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 1972- 1983
Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12- 24.
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Paul McIlroy