The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (russian: Министерство сельского хозяйства Российской Федерации) is a
ministry
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Government
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of the
Government of Russia
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responsible for
agricultural
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production,
soil conservation
Soil conservation is the prevention of loss of the topmost layer of the soil from erosion or prevention of reduced fertility caused by over usage, acidification, salinization or other chemical soil contamination.
Slash-and-burn and other uns ...
,
rural development
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Rural development has traditionally centered on the exploitation of l ...
, agricultural market regulation, and financial stabilization of the farm sector.
The Ministry of Agriculture is subdivided into functional departments including the
Federal Agency for Fishery and the
Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision. It was formed from the Russian SFSR branch of the
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister ...
in 1990 and is headquartered in the Narkomzem Building in
Krasnoselsky District
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*Krasnoselsky District, Moscow, a district in Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow
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,
Moscow
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.
Dmitry Patrushev
Dmitry Nikolayevich Patrushev (russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Патрушев; born 13 October 1977) is a Russian banker and politician serving as the Minister of Agriculture of Russia since 18 May 2018.
Dmitry Patrushev is t ...
has been Minister of Agriculture since 18 May 2018.
History
The first Imperial Russian ministry to deal with agricultural and rural issues was the
Ministry of State Assets
The Ministry of State Property, sometimes translated as the Ministry of State Domains, (russian: Министерство государственных имуществ (МГИ), ''Ministerstvo gosudarstvennykh imushestv (MGI)'') was the minis ...
of the Russian Empire, formed in 1837. Successor ministries were:
[Volin, Шилов, ''Государственная власть''.]
See also
*
People's Commissariat for Agriculture People's Commissariat for Agriculture (russian: Народный комиссариат земледелия - Narkomzem) was set up in Petrograd in October 1917. Vladimir Milyutin was appointed the first People's Commissar of Agriculture. He was a ...
*
Agriculture in Russia
*
Agriculture in the Soviet Union
Agriculture in the Soviet Union was mostly collectivized, with some limited cultivation of private plots. It is often viewed as one of the more inefficient sectors of the economy of the Soviet Union. A number of food taxes (prodrazverstka, prodn ...
*
Agriculture in the Russian Empire
Agriculture in the Russian Empire throughout the 19th-20th centuries Russia represented a major world force, yet it lagged technologically behind other developed countries. Imperial Russia (officially founded in 1721 and abolished in 1917) was am ...
References
Bibliography
* Volin, Lazar, Century of Russian Agriculture, From Alexander II to Khrushchev.
* Шилов, Д. Н. ''Государственные деятели Российской империи 1802—1917''. С.-Петербург, 2002.
* ''Государственная власть СССР. Высшие органы власти и управления и их руководители. 1923—1991 гг.'' Москва, 1999.
External links
Russian Ministry of Agriculture official website
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 ...
Agriculture
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Russia
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Ministry of Agriculture (Russia)
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (russian: Министерство сельского хозяйства Российской Федерации) is a ministry of the Government of Russia responsible for agricultural producti ...
Agricultural organizations based in Russia
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