Ministerial Decree No. 290 validating the Regulation on the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Management.

This Ministerial Decree designates the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Management as the state institution responsible for coordinating the agriculture, water management and forest management sectors. To this end, the Ministry shall: (a) implement agricultural policies; (b) coordinate agricultural reforms, introduce lease and farming enterprises; (c) implement state policies on seed selection and growth, stockbreeding, veterinary matters, plant quarantine, poultry farming and fish farming; (d) manage surface water in accordance with basin principles and manage irrigation systems; (e) implement state policy on the management, conservation, protection and development of forests; (f) elaborate agricultural development programmes; (g) enforce plant quarantine regulations; and (h) establish water management restrictions.