Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Geir Pollestad (Cent.)
Minister of Agriculture and Food
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food has chief responsibility for food policy and agricultural policy. Agricultural policy covers land utilisation, agriculture and forestry, reindeer and other animal husbandry, and development of new agriculture based industries.
Largest deposit of seed to date in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
In February, around 14,000 seeds are being deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The seed vault now has more than 1.2 million seed duplicates from about 80 countries.
Ghana genebank becomes the 100th depositor to Svalbard Global Seed Vault
The deposit of new seeds from the Ghana genebank is an important step towards ensuring the long-term protection of the country’s major food crops.
Latest from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food
What's new
- Largest deposit of seed to date in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault News story 28/02/2024
- Crop Diversity for a Healthy Planet and those who live on it Speech/statement 19/01/2024
- Ghana genebank becomes the 100th depositor to Svalbard Global Seed Vault News story 25/10/2023
- A greener industrial initiative for Norway Press release 28/09/2023
- FAO Conference 43rd Session Speech/statement 06/07/2023
Documents
- Access to veterinary services in Norway Report 10/03/2023
- Climate change, hungerand vulnerability Plans/strategy 16/02/2023
- Action plan to combat social dumping and work-related crime Plans/strategy 02/11/2022
- Norwegian Strategy for Urban Agriculture Plans/strategy 22/10/2021
- Securing the Gene Pool for Future Agriculture and Food Production Plans/strategy 22/06/2021
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Contact
E-mail: postmottak@lmd.dep.no
Phone:
(+47) 22 24 90 90
Address:
Postboks 8007 Dep. , 0030 Oslo
Visitor address:
Teatergata 9 (R6), Oslo