Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth Conference 2010

The RHASS wassuccessful in securing the biennial Commonwealth Agricultural Conference in2010.  This Conference was held in June/July 2010 and attracted over 300 delegates from across 22 Commonwealth countries.  Deleagtes were also taken on pre and post conference tours to understand more about Scotland's agriculture and culture.

The full conference report will be available soon.

NG Scholarship Available

RASC Conference June/July 2010 – Scholarship Available

This year, the RHASS is involved with hosting the Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth (RASC) 24th Commonwealth Agricultural Conference in June/July.  This biennial conference was previously held in Australia, Canada and more recently New Zealand.  The Conference will also take in pre and post conference tours around Scotland.  We are expecting about 200 delegates from across the Commonwealth.  Full details can be downloaded from the RASC website.

One of the RASC’s aims is to promote agriculture to the next generation and have established a network of young people called the Next Generation Delegates (aged 21 to 40yrs) who have their own forum and activities which link in to the main Conference.  The Society is a strong supporter of this initiative, having supported two NG delegates to attend the Conference and Tours in Canada and New Zealand as part of its own objectives to educate young people about farming and the countryside.  The Society has once again agreed to make available a scholarship (worth £500) for a young person to attend the Conference in Edinburgh.

If you are between 21 and 40 years of age, or know someone who is, and have a keen interest in the future of agriculture in Scotland, then we would like to hear from you.

For more information, please contact us:

Adele Thomson, RASC, Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh EH28 8NB

rasc@commagshow.org
www.commagshow.org
Tel: +44 (0) 131 335 6205
Fax: +44 (0) 131 335 6229