As we reported on the first page, a poultry processing plant was opened in Kisvárda. In his opening speech, László Kordás, Under-secretary, called the project exemplary because it was implemented by the pooling of private and governmental resources. He said that the Ministry would promote projects with similar financing structures in the future, and that the government aimed to create conditions that would further improve employment figures.

“The Group is very important for the county,” says László Gazda, Chairman of the County Assembly, “because what it does in 21 towns and villages is unmatched in the county, and it is exactly this kind of enterprises that the county’s agricultural and animal breeding sector lacks.
When the Chairman of the Romanian Parliament asked us if we had any problem in the agricultural and animal breeding sector, I said yes. The country’s first year as a member of the EU revealed the competition the Hungarian agricultural and animal breeding sector faces and we found that the biggest problem was in farmers’ minds: They think that they can only grow certain produce, and if there is demand for that, they sell it, but if there is no demand, they can just turn to the government for help because, after all, that is what the government is for. Things don’t work this way any more. Today, if people do not cooperate and do not pool their resources in the frame of cooperatives, they will become vulnerable and impoverished.
We are going to support this Group by any means. I hope that their latest application, which would create 400 to 600 new jobs, is going to be accepted.”

Kelet-Magyarország / 6 May 2005