Ministry of Agriculture (Ethiopia)

Ethiopian government ministry

The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) is the Ethiopian government department which oversees the agricultural and rural development policies of Ethiopia on a federal level.

History and overview

The powers and duties of the MoA include: conservation and use of forest and wildlife resources, food security, water use and small-scale irrigation, monitoring events affecting agricultural development and early warning system, promoting agricultural development, and establishing and providing agriculture and rural technology training.^[3]

The Ministry of Agriculture was established on 23 August 1995 with the adoption of Proclamation 4-1995 which also established the other 14 original Ministries of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.^[4] On 13 January 2004, Proclamation No. 300/2004 merged this Ministry with the Ministry of Rural Development. The current Minister is Girma Amente (PhD).

See also

• Agriculture in Ethiopia
• Resettlement and villagization in Ethiopia

Notes

1. Master, Web. "Ministry Solicits Additional Budget of $250m – (Addis) Fortune – The Largest English Weekly in Ethiopia!". Retrieved 2022-09-11.
2. "H.E Ato Oumer Hussien Oba". ATA. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
3. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Environmental Protection Authority, The 3rd National Report on the Implementation of the UNCCD/NAP in Ethiopia Archived 2009-08-04 at the Wayback Machine (Addis Ababa, 2004), p. 12
4. Text of the proclamation^{[permanent dead link]} (accessed 13 July 2010)

External links

• Ministry of Agriculture website
• Ethiopian Agriculture Portal, Ministry of Agriculture