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The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Voedselkwaliteit; LNV) is the Dutch ministry of agriculture. 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Responsibilities

The Ministry is responsible for four fields of policy:

• Agriculture and fisheries;
• Natural conservation, open air recreation and national parks;
• Food Safety;
• Rural development. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture For the fishing industry and the practice of fishing see Fishing. To conserve habitat life for wild species and prevent their Extinction or reduction in range is a priority of a great many groups that cannot be easily characterized in terms A national park is a reserve of land usually declared and owned by a national Government, protected from most Human development and pollution Food safety is a scientific discipline describing handling preparation, and storage of Food in ways that prevent Foodborne illness.

Organisation

The main office in the centre of the Hague

The ministry is currently headed by one minister. The ministry's main office is located in the centre of the Hague. The Ministry is organized in ten policy departments, which is headed by a governing council. The policy departments are responsible for: Industry and Trade, International Affairs, Juridical Affairs, Knowledge, Agriculture, Nature, Rural Affairs, Regional Affairs, Fishery and Food Quality and Animal Health.

It has several semi-independent services:

• General Inspection Service, which is the control service of the ministry, which enforces rules on food quality, animal welfare and the environment.
• ICT-services, which supports the partners of LNV in their ICT.
• Service Rural Areas, which is involved in projects for the development of rural areas
• Service Rules, which is concerned with the execution of several specific fields of policy.
• Plant Health Service
• Food and Goods Authority, which controls the quality of food. The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports can also give orders to the Food and Goods Authority. The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (Dutch Ministerie van Volksgezondheid Welzijn en Sport; VWS is the public health authority

History

Since 1935 the Ministry was founded as a separate ministry, called "Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries". Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Before 1935 the agriculture and fisheries-policy was integrated into the Ministry of Home Affairs and later into the Ministry of Water, Trade and Industry. The Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations ( Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties; BZK is the Dutch Ministry of home affairs

After the Second World War the Ministry became responsible for the rationing of food and the reconstruction of the agricultural sector. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including As such it became much more important. Between 1946 and 1982 the ministry was a "client"-oriented ministry, oriented at the development of the agriculture sector in accordance to the European Common Agriculture Policy. The Common Agricultural Policy ( CAP) is a system of European Union Agricultural subsidies and programmes ^[1] In 1982 the ministry also becomes responsible for natural conservation and open air recreation, which used to be part of the responsibilities of the Ministry of Culture, Recreation and Social Work. As such it becomes more focused on sustainable development of the agricultural sector.

In 2003 the Food and Goods Authority becomes part of the ministry and it is renamed to Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.

Ministers

Since 1989 the following politicians have been minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

• 2007-now Gerda Verburg (CDA)
• 2002-2007 Cees Veerman (CDA)
  • 2002 Jan Odink (LPF; state secretary)
• 1999-2002 Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst (D66)
• 1998-1999 Hayo Apotheker (D66)
  • 1998-2002 Geke Faber (PvdA; state secretary)
• 1994-1998 Jozias van Aartsen (VVD)
• 1990-1994 Piet Bukman (CDA)
  • 1990-1994 Dzsingisz Gabor (CDA)
• 1989-1990 Gerrit Braks (CDA)

References

1. ^ Neelen et al. Gerritje (Gerda Verburg ( Zwammerdam, 19 august 1957) is a Dutch Politician for the Christian Democratic Appeal. The Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA) (Christen Democratisch Appèl is a Dutch Christian-democratic Political party. Cornelis Pieter ("Cees" Veerman (born 8 March 1949, Nieuw-Beijerland) is a Dutch Politician. Pim Fortuyn List ( Lijst Pim Fortuyn, LPF is a defunct Political party in the Netherlands. Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born March 18 1937) is a Dutch D66 Politician. Democrats 66 ( D66, Democraten 66 official name Politieke Partij Democraten 66) is a Dutch progressive, social-liberal and Jozias Johannes van Aartsen (born December 25, 1947 in The Hague) is a Dutch Politician and member of the liberal The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( VVD) (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie is a Dutch liberal Political party. (2003) De bestuurlijk kaart van Nederland p. 69

External links

• Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality