Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Colombia)

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Ministries and Agencies of the Government of Colombia
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural
Minister	Andres Felipe Arias Leiva
Vice-Minister	Fernando Arbelaez Soto
Established	1934
Succeeded by	incumbent
Responsibilities	Manage politics and policies related to agriculture, fishing and rural development.
Employees	N/A
www.mintransporte.gov.co Ministry/Agency Website

The Ministry of Agriculture of Colombia (Spanish: Ministerio de Agricultura) is the ministry under the President of Colombia in charge of the management and oversight of the Colombian agriculture.^[1]

1 Functions
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Functions

The main functions of the ministry of Agriculture are; to formulate politics for the development of the Agricultural, fishing and rural development sectors. Manage the formulation of plans, programs and projects needed to develop these sectors, specially the rural areas of the country. The ministry must present plans and programs to the National Development Plan and prepare and present to the Congress of Colombia draft laws related to these sectors. The ministry of Agriculture must define with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the international negotiations related to these sectors. The Ministry is also entitled to create, organize, form and assign through resolutions duties to internal work groups and advising groups within the guidelines previously set.^[1]