History
The Ministry of Agriculture was first created in 1918. Since then, it has been restructured, extinguished and reestablished several times, under various designations: *1918 – Ministry of Agriculture (''Ministério da Agricultura'') *1932 – Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (''Ministério do Comércio, Indústria e Agricultura'') *1933 – Ministry of Agriculture (''Ministério da Agricultura'') *1940 – Undersecretariat of State for Agriculture (''Subsecretariado de Estado da Agricultura''), a division of the Ministry of Economy *1958 – Secretariat of State for Agriculture (''Secretaria de Estado da Agricultura''), a division of the Ministry of Economy *1974 – Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (''Ministério da Agricultura e Comércio'') *1974 – Secretariat of State for Agriculture (''Secretaria de Estado da Agricultura''), a division of the Ministry of Economic Coordination *1974 – Secretariat of State for Agriculture (''Secretaria de Estado da Agricultura''), a division of the Ministry of Economy *1975 – Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (''Ministério da Agricultura e Pescas'') *1981 – Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce and Fisheries (''Ministério da Agricultura, Comércio e Pescas'') *1993 – Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food (''Ministério da Agricultura, Florestas e Alimentação''); the fisheries sector transfers to the Ministry of the Sea *1986 – Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (''Ministério da Agricultura, Pescas e Alimentação'') *1991 – Ministry of Agriculture (''Ministério da Agricultura''); the fisheries sector transfers to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs *1995 – Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (''Ministério da Agricultura, do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas'') *2004 – Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (''Ministério da Agricultura, Pescas e Florestas'') *2005 – Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (''Ministério da Agricultura, do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas'') *2011 – Ministry of Agriculture, the Sea, the Environment, and Spatial Planning (''Ministério da Agricultura, do Mar, do Ambiente e do Ordenamento do Território'') *2013 – Ministry of Agriculture and the Sea (''Ministério da Agricultura e do Mar'') * 2015 – Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development (''Ministério da Agricultura, Florestas e Desenvolvimento Rural''; the fisheries sector transfers to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs * 2019 – Ministry of Agriculture (''Ministério da Agricultura'') * 2022 – Ministry of Agriculture and Food (''Ministério da Agricultura e Alimentação'')External links
* Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development