The minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries was a minister of the

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from 2009 to 2019, with political executive responsibility for the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and for the

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, the National Agricultural Marketing Council, Onderstepoort Biological Products, the Perishable Products Export Control Board, and Ncera Farms. The agriculture, forestry and fisheries portfolio was created in the 2009 cabinet reorganization after the election of

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; the minister inherited the responsibility for

agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

from the minister of agriculture and land affairs, the responsibility for

fisheries Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life or, more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a., fishing grounds). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farm ...

from the

minister of environmental affairs and tourism The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment is the environment minister in the Cabinet of South Africa. The minister has political responsibility for the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE). The office was es ...

, and the responsibility for

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

from the minister of water affairs and forestry. In May 2019, the cabinet was reorganised and the portfolio's responsibilities were divided between the ministers of agriculture, land reform and rural development and environment, forestry and fisheries.

List of ministers

References

External links

Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
{{SACabinet Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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