The Agricultural Board got its start

06.01.2010

On 1 January, the Agricultural Board got its start. As a result of its work, provision of services to citizens and undertakings will become simpler, administration will be more efficient and the availability and quality of services will improve.

The Agricultural Board was established by the incorporation of the Plant Production Inspectorate, regional land improvement bureaus and the Land Improvement Bureau of Supervision and Expertise. The necessity to establish a corporate board was caused by the fact that only government agencies are entitled to exercise state supervision. So far, in addition to the Inspectorate, state supervision was also exercised by land improvement bureaus and by the Land Improvement Bureau of Supervision and Expertise, which caused variance.

Concentrating the county agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture into one county level centre and creating one government agency in place of the former several different agencies the all-in-one principle was considered.

Regarding the comment made by Mr Illar Lemetti, Director-General of the Agricultural Board, directing and administrative functions will be concentrated in the new agency. This means single administration of support services, state assets and funds in the possession of the Board as well as single organisation of public procurement, budgetary and financial control, accounts and personnel administration, which will ensure cost saving in long-term perspective.

The Agricultural Board headquarters are located in Saku and local centres in each county.