Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture

Puerto Rico
Department of Agriculture
Departamento de Agricultura de Puerto Rico
Department overview
FormedApril 25, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-04-25)
Preceding department
  • Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture and Commerce
JurisdictionExecutive branch
Headquarters1311 Avenida Manuel Fernández Juncos
Santurce, San Juan, PR
Department executive
Key documents
Websitewww.agricultura.gobierno.pr
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The Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture (Spanish: Departamento de Agricultura) is one of the few Cabinet-level government agencies explicitly created by the Constitution of Puerto Rico[1] as the Department of "Agriculture and Commerce", most of the commerce at the time of its enactment being agriculture-based. The DAC oversees rural development work and conservation and is headed by a cabinet secretary. The current secretary is Ramón González Beiró who was confirmed in May 2021.[2]

  1. ^ "Artículo 4-6: Departamentos ejecutivos". La Rama Judicial de Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Confirman a Ramón "Piru" González como secretario de Agricultura". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2021-06-10.