Ministry of Agriculture (Ethiopia)
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The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) is the Ethiopian government ministry which oversees the agricultural and rural development policies of Ethiopia on a Federal level. 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.[1]
The Ministry of Agriculture was established 23 August 1995 with the passing of Proclamation 4-1995 which also established the other 14 original Ministries of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.[2] On 13 January 2004 Proclamation No. 300/2004, merged this Ministry with the Ministry of Rural Development. The current Minister is Oumer Hussien.
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- ^ 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
- ^ Text of the proclamation[permanent dead link] (accessed 13 July 2010)
External links[]
- Ministry of Agriculture website
- Ethiopian Agriculture Portal, Ministry of Agriculture
- Agriculture ministries
- Government ministries of Ethiopia
- Forestry ministries
- Forestry in Ethiopia
- Ministries established in 1995
- 1995 establishments in Ethiopia
- Agricultural organisations based in Ethiopia
- Ethiopian government stubs
- Forestry agency stubs