Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food (Ukraine)

Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food
Міністерство аграрної політики та продовольства України
Agency overview
Formed15 June 1917
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Agrarian Policy
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Ukraine
Headquarters24, Khreschatyk street, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01001 [2]
Agency executive
WebsiteOfficial website
Flag of the ministry

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food (Ukrainian: Міністерство аграрної політики та продовольства, romanizedMinisterstvo ahrarnoyi polityky ta prodovolʹstva) is the central executive authority of Ukraine in charge of country's agro-development. It is one of the oldest government agencies of Ukraine. On 29 August 2019 the ministry's function were taken over by the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture.[1] On 17 December 2020 the ministry was resurrected.[4]

Ministry activity is coordinated by the Cabinet of Ukraine. Ministry is the main authority in the system of central government responsible for national agricultural policy supervising and implementation including policy on agriculture and food security, public policy in the fields of fishery and fishery protection, use and reproduction of aquatic resources, regulation of fishery and maritime security, veterinary medicine, species protection, land related questions, mapping and surveying, forestry and hunting, surveillance (monitoring) in agriculture.

  1. ^ a b New Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ), Ukrayinska Pravda (29 August 2019)
  2. ^ "Official website of the Ministry. Contact Us". 2017.
  3. ^ Lawmaker Solskyi accepts offer to become Ukraine's agriculture minister, Reuters (24 March 2022)
  4. ^ Parliament appoints Leshchenko as agricultural policy minister, Ukrinform (17 December 2020)