Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

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Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) (Irish: An Roinn Talmhaíochta agus Forbartha Tuaithe, Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Fairms an Kintra Fordèrin) is a Government Department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The Department is responsible for growth and the development of the countryside in Northern Ireland.

The department has responsibility for various aspects of rural management. This include food, farming, and environmental policy and the development of the rural sector as a whole. In schemes which affect the whole of the United Kingdom DARD is responsible to Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) whose primary responsibility is England and Wales.

The current direct-rule minster is David Cairns MP.

[edit] Department Ministers

Minister	Party	Took office	Left office
Bríd Rodgers	Social Democratic and Labour	29 November 1999	14 October 2002
(Executive suspended)		15 October 2002	7 May 2007
Michelle Gildernew	Sinn Féin	8 May 2007