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Executive Decree No. 268/18 approving the Regulation of the National Directorate of Agriculture within the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Country/Territory
Angola
Document type
Regulation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, I Série, No. 105.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Food & nutrition, Forestry
Keyword
Institution Agricultural development Research Agro-forestry Family farming Farming Integrated pest management-IPM/pest management strategies Soil conservation/soil improvement Food quality control/food safety Forest management/forest conservation Biotechnology Pests/diseases Animal health
Geographical area
Africa, Central Africa, Least Developed Countries, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Executive Decree enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Executive Decree approves the Regulation of the National Directorate of Agriculture within the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. This Regulation, consisting of three Chapters divided into 11 articles and two Annexes, establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Directorate, entitled to perform the following activities: propose development policies and strategies in the field of agriculture, hydro-agriculture and rural engineering; elaborate norms and regulations aiming at the protection of crops and the national territory against pests and diseases; propose measures aimed at the protection and recovery of degraded soils for agricultural, livestock and forestry purposes; elaborate norms and regulations for the exercise of plant biotechnology; control and monitor the industrial transformation of agricultural products and their derivatives; register and authorize plant protection products and fertilizers of national or imported production and control their use; monitor the price policy and markets for agricultural products; follow-up the management, maintenance and operation of hydro-agricultural infrastructures, as well as water, ground- and surface water collection facilities and equipment within the Sector, etc.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org

References - Legislation

Implements

Presidential Decree No. 15/18 approving the Statute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MINAGRIF).

Legislation | Angola | 2018

Keyword: Institution, Agricultural development, Research, Agro-forestry, Family farming, Farming, Food security, Food quality control/food safety, Forest management/forest conservation, Irrigation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX