Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests (Italy) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests
Nativename:Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste
MASAF
Formed:1946
Jurisdiction:Council of Ministers of Italy
Headquarters:20 via XX Settembre, Rome, Italy
Minister1 Name:Francesco Lollobrigida
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests, Italian: '''Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste'''|italic=no or MASAF, is an Italian government department.

It was formed in 1946 as the Ministero dell'Agricoltura e delle Foreste ("Ministry of Agriculture and Forests"), and following the referendum of 1993 became the Ministero per il Coordinamento delle Politiche Agricole ("Ministry for Co-ordination of Agricultural Policies"). It was reconstituted in the same year as the Ministero delle Risorse Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali ("Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Resources") in 2006 and assumed the current form in 2022, after the formation of the Meloni government.

The Ministry, based at the Palazzo dell'Agricoltura in Rome, produces and coordinates government policy on agriculture, forests, food and fisheries at national, European and international levels.

The current Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests is Francesco Lollobrigida.

Organisation

Ministry

Comando Carabinieri Politiche Agricole

The Comando Carabinieri Politiche Agricole is the department of the Arma dei Carabinieri which develops extraordinary controls on :

  1. supply and use of subsidies in the agricultural, fisheries and aquaculture sectors;
  2. withdrawing and sale of food products, including helping the poor and those in developing countries

Dipartimento delle Filiere Agricole e Agroalimentari (Di.F.Ag.)

Direzione Generale delle Politiche Agricole (Pol.Agr.)

Direzione Generale della Trasformazione Agroalimentare e dei Mercati (Tr.Agr.)

Direzione Generale della Pesca Marittima e dell'Acquacoltura (Pe.M.Acq.)

Dipartimento delle Politiche di Sviluppo (Di.Po.S.)

Direzione Generale dell'Amministrazione (Amm.)

Corpo Forestale dello Stato

Corpo Forestale dello Stato (CFS; Italian for State Forestry Department)

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