Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (South Korea)

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Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (South Korea)
Hangul 농림부 Hanja 農林部 Revised Romanization Nongnimbu McCune-Reischauer Nongnimbu

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. It is headquartered at the national government complex in Gwacheon, south of Seoul. It was established, under its current name, with the founding of the First Republic of Korea in 1948.

As of 2007, the minister was Park Hong-soo, a farm community advocate and former Uri Party parliamentarian from Namhae. He took up the post in January 2005. The vice minister was Park Hae-sang. Under the "participatory government" of the Roh Moo-hyun administration, the MAF has been charged with helping to create a "Society of Balance Development."

The MAF is responsible for areas including crop insurance, land reclamation, agricultural statistics, and the development of agriculture technology including genetically-modified crops and environmentally-friendly agriculture. It is also responsible for direct payments to rice farmers and for aspects of preparedness for natural disasters.

[edit] See also

• Government of South Korea
• Korean agriculture

[edit] Further reading

• Official English-language site

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