Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth

TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH AND IN PARTICULAR TO SUPPORT THE EFFICIENT UTILISATION OF LAND GIVING FULL REGARD TO THE NEED FOR CONSERVATION AND TO ENCOURAGE AND ARRANGE THE INTERCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE PRACTICE AND SCIENCE OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND AQUACULTURE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND AS AN ANCILLARY TO THE FORGOING OBJECT:1. TO ENCOURAGE, STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE THE EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS AND BONDS BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY BETWEEN VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH;2. TO ASSIST THE MEMBER SOCIETIES TO CARRY OUT THEIR OBJECTS BY ARRANGING FOR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES OR DELEGATES TO HOLD CONFERENCES THUS ENABLING THE INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS AND DISCUSSIONS OF MUTUAL PROBLEMS;3. TO ENCOURAGE THE PROMOTION AND EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH;4. IN COUNTRIES WHERE THEY DO NOT EXIST, TO ENCOURAGE THE FORMATION OF VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND THEIR FUNCTION IN PROMOTING THE ABOVE OBJECTS;5. TO ENCOURAGE THE EXCHANGE OF YOUNG FARMERS, TECHNICIANS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL THE PROFESSIONS ALLIED TO FARMING; AND6. TO KEEP UNDER REVIEW IMPORT AND EXPORT STANDARDS BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES OF THE MEMBER SOCIETIES IN SO FAR AS THEY ACCEPT THE MOVEMENT AND HEALTH OF LIVESTOCK AND THE QUALITY OF AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURE.