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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Imperial Agricultural Bureaux''' was an initiative taken by the [[Governments]] of the [[British Commonwealth]] who agreed to jointly fund a number of [[Government agency|bureaux]] "to collect, collate and disseminate information on research in eight selected branches of agricultural science". On 1 April 1929 an [[Executive committee|Executive Council]] was created, which proceed to set up the eight Bureaux.<ref name="IAB AR 1940">{{cite journal |journal=Imperial Agricultural Bureaux Annual Report of the Executive Council |title = Preface|date=1940 |volume=11 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34702/page/n3/mode/1up |access-date=8 March 2025}}</ref> The principal role of help research workers in the [[British Empire]] to keep abreast of their subjects. This was achieved by<ref name="Nature 1943 IAB">{{cite journal |title=The Imperial Agricultural Bureaux |journal=Nature |date=1943 |volume=152 |issue=3869 December 1943 |pages=731–733 |doi=10.1038/152731a0 |bibcode=1943Natur.152..731. }}</ref><br />
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* circulating regular bulletins and journals containing [[Abstract (summary)|abstract]]s focussing on updates in specific areas<br />
* providing information needed on specific points, with the corollary that the workers themselves must be aware of the existence of the<br />
bureaux and have sufficient confidence in them to ask for this information<br />
* by co-ordinating meet-ups of research workers whenever this attracted sufficient participants<br />
* offering advice or accommodation to meet the needs of researchers<br />
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Following recommendations from the [[British Commonwealth Scientific Official Conference, 1946]], the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux was transformed into the [[Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux]] (CAB).<ref name="CABI history">{{cite web |title=Our history |url=https://www.cabi.org/about-cabi/our-history/ |website=CABI.org |publisher=CABI |access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref><br />
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==Membership of Executive Council==<br />
The initial members of the council were:<ref name="IAB AR No. 2 1931">{{cite journal |title=Executive Council |journal=Imperial Agricultural Bureaux Annual Report |date=1931 |volume=2 |issue=Second Annual Report |url=https://www.indianculture.gov.in/flipbook/187151}}</ref><br />
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* [[Robert Blyth Greig]], (chairman)Scotland<br />
* [[Frank Lidgett McDougall]], Australia<br />
* [[Charles John Howell Thomas]], England and Wales<br />
* [[G. Scott Robertson]], [[Northern Ireland]]<br />
* [[Joseph Grisdale|J. H. Grisdale]], [[Canada]]<br />
* [[John Gorst Hubball]], [[South Africa]]<br />
* [[Nevill L. Wright]], [[New Zealand]]<br />
* [[J. L. Hinchcliffe]], [[Irish Free State]]<br />
* [[David Clouston]], [[India]]<br />
* [[B. F. Wright]], [[Southern Rhodesia]]<br />
* [[Roland Venables Vernon]], [[Colonies]], [[Protectorates]] and [[Mandated territories|Mandated Territories]]<br />
The secretary was Sir [[David Chadwick (civil servant)|David Chadwick]]<br />
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==The individual bureaux and other bodies==<br />
Initially there were eight bureaux:<ref name="ALN 1931 pubs of IAB">{{cite journal |last1=Barnett |first1=Claribel |title=The Bibliographical Publications of the Imperial Agricultural Bireaux |journal=Agricultural Library Notes |date=1931 |volume=6 |issue=7-9 July September 1931 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P7LpAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22+Imperial+Bureau+of+Plant+Genetics%22&pg=PA126}}</ref><br />
* [[Imperial Bureau of Soil Science]], founded in 1929, based at [[Rothamsted Experimental Station]]<br />
* [[Imperial Bureau of Animal Nutrition]], based at [[Rowett Research Institute]], [[Aberdeen]]<br />
* [[Imperial Bureau of Animal Health]], based at the [[Veterinary Laboratory]], [[Weybridge]]<br />
* [[Imperial Bureau of Animal Genetics]], based at the [[Animal Breeding Research Department]], [[Edinburgh University]]<br />
* [[Imperial Bureau of Agricultural Parasitology]], based at [[Winches Farm]], [[St Albans]]<br />
* [[Imperial Bureau of Plant Genetics]], based at the [[School of Agriculture, Cambridge]]<br />
* [[Imperial Bureau of Plant Breeding (Herbage Plants) ]], based at the [[Welsh Plant Breeding Station]], [[Aberystwyth]]<br />
* [[Imperial Bureau of Fruit Production]], based at [[East Malling Research Centre]], Kent<br />
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Also the [[International Mycological Institute]] was included in their remit.<br />
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==References==<br />
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