Organization:Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Colombia)

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Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural
Ministerio de Agricultura de Colombia.svg
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Pedro A López Building, headquarters of the Ministry.
Ministry overview
Formed24 June 1994 (1994-06-24)
Preceding Ministry
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Husbandry
HeadquartersAvenida Jiménez № 7-65
Bogotá, Colombia
[ ⚑ ] 4°36′05″N 74°04′03″W / 4.60139°N 74.0675°W / 4.60139; -74.0675
Ministry executive
  • Cecilia López Montaño
    , Minister
Websitewww.minagricultura.gov.co

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Spanish: Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural) is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia in charge of the management and oversight of the rural development and agriculture of Colombia.

Functions

The main functions of the ministry of Agriculture are to formulate politics for the development of the agricultural, fishing and rural development sectors; and to manage the formulation of plans, programs and projects needed to develop these sectors, specially the rural areas of the country. The ministry must present plans and programs to the National Development Plan and prepare and present to the Congress of Colombia draft laws related to these sectors. The ministry of Agriculture must define with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the international negotiations related to these sectors. The Ministry is also entitled to create, organize, form and assign through resolutions duties to internal work groups and advising groups within the guidelines previously set.[1]

References

  1. (in Spanish) Colombian Ministry of Agriculture: Functions minagricultura.gov.co Accessed 20 September 2007.

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