Activities of the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture
Areas of activity of the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture:
- deals with rural, agricultural and fisheries policy design and implementation;
- coordinates the activities related to animal and plant protection;
- prepares national programmes of agricultural applied sciences and manages their implementation and impact assessment; also participates in designing the national vocational and higher education policy;
- organises agricultural research and development activities as well as agricultural education;
- coordinates the Estonian Rural Policy and carries out the European Union (EU) Common Agricultural Policy and the Estonian Rural Development Plan;
- develops farmers’ market orientation and works to ensure the sustainability of agricultural production;
- designs and implements the Estonian Fisheries Policy, designed to develop the fishing industry and increasing its competitiveness;
- designs the field of Estonian feed safety, animal health and farm animal breeding;
- organises the ensuring of food safety and compliance.
