Ministry of Agriculture (Russia)

Executive ministry of the Russian government

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство сельского хозяйства Российской Федерации) is a ministry of the Government of Russia responsible for agricultural production, soil conservation, rural development, agricultural market regulation, and financial stabilization of the farm sector.^[1]

The Ministry of Agriculture is subdivided into functional departments including the Federal Agency for Fishery and the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision. It was formed from the Russian SFSR branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food in 1990 and is headquartered in the Narkomzem Building in Krasnoselsky District, Moscow.

Oksana Lut has been Minister of Agriculture since 14 May 2024.

History

The first Imperial Russian ministry to deal with agricultural and rural issues was the Ministry of State Assets of the Russian Empire, formed in 1837. Successor ministries were:^[2]

See also

• Russia portal

• People's Commissariat for Agriculture
• Agriculture in Russia
• Agriculture in the Soviet Union
• Agriculture in the Russian Empire

References

1. State Program of the Ministry of Agriculture (in Russian).
2. Volin, Шилов, Государственная власть.

Bibliography

• Volin, Lazar, Century of Russian Agriculture, From Alexander II to Khrushchev.
• Шилов, Д. Н. Государственные деятели Российской империи 1802—1917. С.-Петербург, 2002.
• Государственная власть СССР. Высшие органы власти и управления и их руководители. 1923—1991 гг. Москва, 1999.

External links

• Russian Ministry of Agriculture official website