The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development is a governmental body of

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

responsible for the growth and development of

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in the country. Local areas each have a District Agriculture Development Office (DADO). The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development is the central apex body of

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to look after the

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

and allied fields.

History of the Ministry

The

established the early form of this ministry, the ''Department of Agriculture'', in 1952, dissolving the ''Agricultural Council'', which was the highest governing body until that time. In 1974, the department was developed into a ministry and the portfolio of ''Irrigation'' was included resulting in the ''Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation''. After further restructuring, the Ministry of Irrigation was formed separately. It was in 1991 that the Government decided to strengthen cooperatives throughout Nepal and between 1999 and 2001, the ministry was named the ''Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative''. When the portfolio of cooperatives was outsourced again, the ministry gained was known under the names of ''Ministry of Agriculture'' or ''Ministry of Agricultural Development'' depending on the current administration. In 2018, under the

second Oli cabinet The Second Oli cabinet was the Government of Nepal from 15 February 2018 to 13 July 2021. It was initially formed as a majority coalition on 15 February 2018, after Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal followin ...

, the portfolio of the ministry was enlarged and the portfolio of ''Land Management'' was added to the then ''Ministry of Agricultural Development'' and the portfolio of ''Cooperatives'' was returned to the ministry, while the Ministry of Land Reform and Management was discontinued. In August 2018, the ministry's portfolio was adjusted again, due to a cabinet expansion, the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation was reopened while the agriculture-related portfolio was changed to Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development.

Former Ministers of Agriculture

This is a list of former Ministers of Agriculture (or corresponding) since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:

References

Agricultural Development Agricultural expansion describes the growth of agricultural land (arable land, pastures, etc.) especially in the 20th and 21st centuries. The agricultural expansion is often explained as a direct consequence of the global increase in food and ene ...

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