The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Foods is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 ministry

Ministry (government department)

A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...

 established on February 17, 1900, and is responsible for agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

, forestry

Forestry

Forestry is the interdisciplinary profession embracing the science, art, and craft of creating, managing, using, and conserving forests and associated resources in a sustainable manner to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands...

 and food

Food

Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals...

 in Norway. It is led by Minister of Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk

Lars Peder Brekk

Lars Peder Brekk is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was private secretary to the Minister of Fisheries 1985-1986, and himself Minister of Fisheries in 2000. He was elected to parliament in 2005. From 20 June 2008, he has been Minister of Agriculture and Food...

 (Centre Party

Centre Party (Norway)

The Centre Party is a centrist and agrarian political party in Norway, founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.From its...

). The department must report to the parliament (Stortinget).

Organisation

The ministry is divided into the following sections:

• Political staff
• Communication unit
• Department of Administrative and Economic Affairs
• Department of Forest- and Natural Resource Policy
• Department of Food Policy
• Department of Agricultural Policy
• Department of Research, Innovation and Regional Policy

Political staff

• Minister Lars Peder Brekk
  Lars Peder Brekk
  Lars Peder Brekk is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was private secretary to the Minister of Fisheries 1985-1986, and himself Minister of Fisheries in 2000. He was elected to parliament in 2005. From 20 June 2008, he has been Minister of Agriculture and Food...
  
   (Centre Party
  Centre Party (Norway)
  The Centre Party is a centrist and agrarian political party in Norway, founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.From its...
  
  )
• State Secretary Ola T. Heggem
  Ola T. Heggem
  Ola T. Heggem is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal during the term 2001–2005...
  
   (Centre Party)
• Political Advisor Ane Hansdatter Kismul
  Ane Hansdatter Kismul
  Ane Hansdatter Kismul is a Norwegian environmentalist and politician for the Centre Party. Since July 2008, she has been political advisor in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. She joined Nature and Youth in 1996 and started a new local chapter in Mosjøen. In 2000 she was elected deputy leader...
  
   (Centre Party)

Subsidiaries

Under the ministry there are four administrative agencies and two state-owned companies:

• County Governor, or Fylkesmannen (official site) Regional authority of the Government, with a Governor in each of 18 counties.
• Norwegian Agriculture Authority, or Statens landbruksforvaltning (official site) Authority for the agriculture industry.
• Norwegian Food Safety Authority
  Norwegian Food Safety Authority
  Norwegian Food Safety Authority is a Norwegian government agency responsible for safe food and drinking water, and works within the fields of human, plant, fish and animal health as well as environmentally friendly production and ethically acceptable farming of animals and fish...
  
  , or Mattilsynet (official site) Controls all aspects of food safety, including agriculture, import and trade.
• Reindeer Husbandry Administration, or Reindriftforvaltningen (official site) Authority for the reindeer husbandry industry.

State enterprises

Statsforetak

Statsforetak or SF, meaning State Enterprise is a type of company in Norway. SFs are wholly owned by the Government of Norway, but it does not hold limited liability in the company...

:

• Statskog
  Statskog
  Statskog is a Norwegian state owned enterprise responsible for the management of state owned forest - and mountain real estate totalling approximately 20% of the area of Norway. About 5% of Statskog's land is productive forest while 80% is above the tree line...
  
   (official site) Manages the state owned forests and natural property.

Limited companies:

• Staur Farm
  Staur Farm
  Staur Farm is a farm located in Stange, Norway. It is owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and operates both a facility for agricultural research, as well as a conference hotel in the mansion. The farm has of fields. The research is conducted by Graminor, Norsk Kjøttfeavlslag,...
  
  , or Staur Gård (official site) A farm.

External links

• Official web site