Food, fisheries and agriculture
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food has chief responsibility for food policy and agricultural policy. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries has chief responsibility for fisheries and the aquaculture industry, seafood safety and fish health and welfare.
A global backstop
The vault hold the seeds of many tens of thousands of varieties of essential food crops such as beans, wheat and rice. These seed samples are duplicates of seed sample stores in national, regional and international gene banks.
Reindeer husbandry
Reindeer husbandry is a small industry on a national scale, but in Saami and local communities it is of great importance for the economy, employment and culture. The aim is to ensure that the Reindeer trade in Norway is ecologically, economically and culturally sustainable.
Soil protection
Compared to many other countries, Norway has limited areas of arable land. Safeguarding food production requires strong soil protection measures, combined with better utilization of available farmland.However, soil conservation must be balanced against other requirements. Facing future challenges, therefore, requires a comprehensive soil protection strategy.
Latest on food, fisheries and agriculture
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
- Agreement on EEA and Norway Grants and exports of Norwegian seafood Press release 08/12/2023
- Ghana genebank becomes the 100th depositor to Svalbard Global Seed Vault News story 25/10/2023
- Norwegian satellites to detect illegal fishing Press release 22/09/2023
Documents
- NOU 2023: 25 - The transition to low emissions Norwegian Official Report (NOU) 27/10/2023
- Prop. 78 LS (2022–2023) - Resource rent tax on aquaculture Proposition 28/03/2023
- Access to veterinary services in Norway Report 10/03/2023
- 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
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Ministry of Agriculture and Food
E-mail: postmottak@lmd.dep.no
Phone:
(+47) 22 24 90 90
Address:
Postboks 8007 Dep. , 0030 Oslo
Visitor address:
Teatergata 9 (R6), Oslo