Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (Bhutan)

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Bhutan
Minister responsible	Yeshey Penjor

Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MOAF) is renamed as Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and is the ministry of Bhutan responsible to ensure sustainable social and economic well-being of the Bhutanese people through adequate access to food and natural resources.^[1]

Departments[edit]

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) is responsible for:

Department of Agriculture
Department of Livestock
Department of Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives
National Biodiversity Center
Rural Development Training Centre

State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) affiliated to MOAF are:

Green Bhutan Corporation Limited
Farm Machinery Corporation Limited
Bhutan Livestock Development Corporation Limited

Minister[edit]

Dechen Wangmo Wangchuck (in 1985—1992 as Minister of Agriculture)
Sangay Ngedup (in 2003-2007 as Minister of Agriculture)
Pema Gyamtsho (in 2008-2013 as Minister of Agriculture and Forests)
Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji (around 2016^[2])
Yeshey Penjor (7 November 2018 - ...)

References[edit]

^ "The Ministry | Ministry of Agriculture and Forests".
^ Could Israel have diplomatic relations with Asia’s 'Forbidden Kingdom'?, The Jerusalem Post

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