Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (East Timor)

Ministry in the government of East Timor

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF; Portuguese: Ministério da Agricultura e Pescas, Tetum: Ministériu Agrikultura no Peskas) is the government department of East Timor accountable for agriculture, fisheries, and related matters.

Functions

The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:^[1]

• agriculture;
• forests;
• fisheries; and
• livestock.

Minister

The incumbent Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry is Marcos da Cruz [de].^[2][3]

See also

• List of agriculture ministries
• Politics of East Timor

References

1. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 6 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
3. Sousa, Nelson de (1 July 2023). "PR Horta sei akompaña serbisu IX Governu" [President Horta will accompany the work of the IX Government] (in Tetum). Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

External links

Media related to Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (East Timor) at Wikimedia Commons

• Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries – official site (in Tetum)