Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food (Ukraine)

Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food

Міністерство аграрної політики та продовольства України
Agency overview
Formed	15 June 1917
Preceding agency	Ministry of Agrarian Policy
Superseding agency	Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture.[1]
Jurisdiction	Government of Ukraine
Headquarters	24, Khreschatyk street, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01001 [2]
Agency executive	Vitaliy_Koval, Minister (Agrarian Policy and Food)
Website	Official website

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food (Ukrainian: Міністерство аграрної політики та продовольства, romanized: Ministerstvo 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.^[3]

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.