The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD, vi, Bộ Nông nghiệp và Phát triển Nông thôn) is a

government ministry Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level executive bodies in the machinery of governments that manage a specific sector of public administration." Энцикло� ...

responsible for rural development and the governance, promotion and nurturing of

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 the agriculture industry, in

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

. The purview of the Ministry includes

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Th ...

aquaculture Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. lot ...

irrigation Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow Crop, crops, Landscape plant, landscape plants, and Lawn, lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,00 ...

and the

salt industry Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quantitie ...

; it is also involved in

water management Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful for humans, for example as a source of drinking water supply or irrigation water. 97% of the water on the Earth is salt water and only three percent is fresh water; slightl ...

and

flood control Flood control methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters."Flood Control", MSN Encarta, 2008 (see below: Further reading). Flood relief methods are used to reduce the effects of flood waters or high water level ...

.MARD, About MARD and Development
The Ministry maintains 63 provincial department offices throughout Vietnam. The Ministry itself is located in

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

History

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has been developed since 1987 by the combination of different government ministries: Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Food, combined to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry in 1987; the subsequent addition of the Ministry of Forestry and the Ministry of Irrigation to form today's Ministry; as well as the addition of the Ministry of Fisheries in 2007. The Ministry was officially formed in 1995.MARD, About MARD

Organisation

The Ministry is organised into many work areas:

Organisations in charge of state management

* Planning Department *

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

Department * Science, Technology and Environment Department * International Cooperation Department * Legislation Department * Personal and Organisation Department * Ministerial Inspection * MARD Office * Department of Cultivation * Plant Protection Department * Department of Husbandry * Veterinary/Animal Health Department * Agro-forestry Processing and Salt Industry Department * Forest Protection Department * Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) * Aqua Exploiting and Protection Department * Department of Aquaculture * Water Resource Department * Dyke Management and Flood Control Department * Works/Construction Department * Cooperatives and Rural Development Department * National Agro-aqua-forestry Quality Assurance Department * Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries

Other

* Information Technology and Statistics Centre * Centre for Clean Water and Sanitation * National Agriculture Extension Centre * Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper * Agriculture and Rural Development Magazine * Agricultural Publishing House One Member Company Limited

References

External links

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development official site

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, directory of 64 provincial Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARDs)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry Of Agriculture And Rural Development (Vietnam) Agricultural organizations based in Vietnam

Forestry in Vietnam

Agriculture And Rural Development Governmental office in Hanoi