The Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Environment is a federal ministry of Nepal responsible for the management of the country’s agricultural sector, forest resources, and environmental conservation efforts. It was established in its current form on 14 May 2026 following the merger of the former Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development and the Ministry of Forests and Environment.
As part of the Balendra Shah-led government's administrative restructuring reform, the ministry was formed by combining agricultural administration, forestry governance and environmental conservation responsibilities under a single federal ministry.
List of ministers This is a list of former ministers responsible for forest, environment and later agriculture, forest and environment affairs since the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election:
Name Party Assumed office Left office PortfolioMinister for Forest 1 Mahesh Acharya Nepali Congress 25 February 2014 rowspan="2" |Minister for Forest 2 Agni Sapkota Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 19 October 2015Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation 3 Shankar Bhandari Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 31 May 2017 rowspan="3" |Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation 4 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba Nepali Congress 7 June 2017 11 September 2017 5 Bikram Pandey Rastriya Prajatantra Party 11 September 2017 15 February 2018Minister for Forests and Environment 6 Shakti Bahadur Basnet Nepal Communist Party 16 March 2018 25 December 2020 Minister for Forests and Environment 7 Prem Ale Nepal Communist Party 25 December 2020 4 June 2021 Minister for Forests and Environment 8 Narad Muni Rana CPN UML 10 June 2021 22 June 2021 Minister for Forests and Environment 9 Krishna Gopal Shrestha CPN UML 24 June 2021 12 July 2021 Minister for Forests and Environment 10 Ram Sahaya Yadav People's Socialist Party, Nepal 8 October 2021 4 July 2022 Minister for Forests and Environment 11 Pradeep Yadav (Nepalese politician) People's Socialist Party, Nepal 4 August 2022 14 October 2022 Minister for Forests and Environment 12 Birendra Prasad Mahato People's Socialist Party, Nepal 24 May 2023 4 March 2024 Minister for Forests and Environment13Nawal Kishor SahPeople's Socialist Party (Nepal, 2024)10 March 20248 July 2024Minister for Forests and Environment14Aain Bahadur Shahi ThakuriNepali Congress15 July 20249 September 2025Minister for Forests and Environment15Sushila KarkiIndependent12 September 202512 December 2025Prime Minister16Madhav Chaulagain12 December 202527 March 2026Minister for Forests and EnvironmentMinister for Agriculture, Forest and Environment17Geeta ChaudharyRastriya Swatantra Party14 May 2026IncumbentMinister for Agriculture, Forest and Environment
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