The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) was a cabinet-level executive department of the State Council which was responsible for agriculture in China.
Areas of the ministry's responsibility included agriculture and environmental issues relating to agriculture, fishery, consumer affairs, animal husbandry, horticulture, animal welfare, foodstuffs, hunting and game management as well as higher education and research in the field of agricultural sciences. The ministry was headquartered in Beijing.
The ministry was abolished in 2018, with its responsibilities being assumed by the newly created Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on March 19, 2018.
History In 2007, the MOA issued a regulation on the protection of agricultural geographical indication products. These are defined as including plants, animals, and microorganisms.
In 2015, the MOA issued the Strategic Plan for Agricultural Going Out, providing state subsidies to enterprises that invested in various overseas locations.
In 2015, the MOA announced a zero-growth plan by 2020 for the use of chemical fertilizers.
In 2016, MOA and Alibaba Group signed an agreement to promote rural e-commerce development.
Its responsibilities were assumed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on March 19, 2018 as part of the deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions.
List of Agriculture Ministers No. Name Took office Left office 1 Li Shucheng October 1949 September 1954 2 Liao Luyan () September 1954 1966 post abolished — Jiang Yizhen () 3 Sha Feng () June 1970 January 1978 4 Yang Ligong () January 1978 February 1979 5 Huo Shilian () February 1979 March 1981 6 Lin Hujia () March 1981 June 1983 7 He Kang () June 1983 June 1990 8 Liu Zhongyi () June 1990 March 1992 9 Liu Jiang () March 1992 March 1998 10 Chen Yaobang () March 1998 August 2001 11 Du Qinglin August 2001 December 2006 12 Sun Zhengcai December 2006 November 2009 13 Han Changfu December 2009 March 2018
See also China Association of Agricultural Science Societies
References
External links Ministry of Agriculture official website China Agriculture Information Website (webhost of Ministry Of Agriculture)