| Dutch: Ministerie van Landbouw, Visserij, Voedselzekerheid en Natuur | |
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 Building of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature | |
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| Formed | 2 September 1935 |
| Jurisdiction | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Headquarters | Bezuidenhoutseweg 73, The Hague, Netherlands |
| Employees | 1,000 |
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| Website | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature |
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature (Dutch: Ministerie van Landbouw, Visserij, Voedselzekerheid en Natuur; LVVN) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for agricultural policy, food policy, food safety, fisheries, forestry, natural conservation and animal welfare. The Ministry was created in 1935 and in 2010 the department was merged with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and was named the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. The Ministry was reinstated in 2017 as the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality; it is headed by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature (Dutch: Minister van Landbouw, Visserij, Voedselzekerheid en Natuur), a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands. This post is currently occupied by Femke Wiersma of the Farmer–Citizen Movement. Despite its small size, the Netherlands is the worlds' second exporter of agricultural products, after the United States.[1]
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- ^ List of leading global exporters of agricultural products in 2020, by country, Statista.com, retrieved 17 January 2024.