Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Nils Kristen Sandtrøen (Lab.)
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.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault partners direct prize money toward safeguarding vulnerable seed collections
The EUR 50,000 award will support genebanks to secure important crop diversity in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Ukraine safeguards seeds at Svalbard Global Seed Vault for the first time since the outbreak of the war
Thousands of seed samples of important agricultural crops were recently secured in Svalbard as 21 genebanks from across the world participated in a seed deposit.
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What's new
- Svalbard Global Seed Vault Receives the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation News story 24/10/2026
- Svalbard Global Seed Vault partners direct prize money toward safeguarding vulnerable seed collections News story 22/10/2026
- Ukraine safeguards seeds at Svalbard Global Seed Vault for the first time since the outbreak of the war News story 14/10/2026
- Svalbard Global Seed Vault Crosses Major Milestone – 1.4 Million Seed Samples Secured News story 17/06/2026
- First Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit of 2026 News story 26/02/2026
Documents
- National One Health Strategy Against Antimicrobial Resistance 2024–2033 Plans/strategy 10/01/2025
- Norway´s Path Towards a Sustainable Food System Report 24/05/2024
- 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
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E-mail: postmottak@lmd.dep.no
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Postboks 8007 Dep. , 0030 Oslo
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Teatergata 9 (R6), Oslo