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The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA; Korean: 농림축산식품부; Hanja: 農林畜産食品部; RR: Nongnim Chucksan Sikpum-bu) is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. It is headquartered in the Sejong Government Complex in Sejong City.[1] It was established as Ministry of Agriculture, with the founding of the First Republic of Korea in 1948.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs shall administer affairs related to agriculture, livestock, foods, farmland, and irrigation, promotion of food industry, development of farming communities, and distribution of agricultural products
7 July 1948: Newly organized the Ministry of Agriculture
29 March 1962: Removed the Local Society Bureau and newly organized the Rural Development Administration as an independent organization
28 February 1966: Removed the Fisheries Bureau and newly organized the Korea Fisheries Service as an independent organization
27 December 1966: Removed the Forestry Bureau and newly organized the Korea Forest Service as an independent organization
28 March 1973: Changed the name of the ministry from the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
28 January 1974: Organized the Agricultural Statistics Office in each provinces, or Do's under the immediate control of the Minister
2 November 1981:
Removed the post of the Assistant Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food
Maintained the part of Assistant Deputy Minister of Agricultural Administration; and the Assistant Deputy Minister of Food
31 December 1986: Changed the name of the ministry from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
8 August 1996: Changed the name of the ministry from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to the Ministry of Agriculture
29 March 2006: FTA-exclusive Free Trade Negotiation Department 2 was newly organized in the International Agriculture Bureau
9 February 2007: Return-to-the-Soil Support Department and Livestock Resources Circulation Department were newly organized
30 November 2007:
Changed the name of institutes:
from National Plant Quarantine Center to National Plant Quarantine Service; and
from Korea Seed and Variety Center to Korea Seed and Variety Service
Changed the name of bureaus:
from Investments and Loans Evaluation and Statistics Team to Policy Evaluation and Statistics Bureau
from Agricultural Structure Policy Bureau to Agricultural Policy Bureau
from Agricultural Circulation Bureau to Agricultural Circulation and Food Industry Bureau; and
Newly formed the Agricultural Cooperative Marketing and Supply Support Team (a provisional team formed until October 31, 2015)
Changed the Four Major Rivers and Saemangeum Development Division to the Saemangeum Development Division
23 March 2013:
Changed the ministry name from the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs.(The Fisheries Division is changed to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Food safety Division is transferred to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
The Animal, Plant, and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency is changed to the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, and the Training Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries is changed to the Food and Agriculture Officials Training Institute
Organization
Organization: one vice minister, one deputy minister, two offices, four bureaus, eight policy bureaus, forty-three divisions (teams and officers) and five institutes
Quota: 3,237 people (538 people in the head office and 2,699 people in institutes)
Minister
Policy Advisor to the Minister
Spokesperson
Public Relations Division
Vice Minister
Deputy Minister
Inspector General
Audit and Inspection Officer
General Services Division
Planning & Coordination Office
Policy Planning Bureau
Planning & Statistics Division
Budget & Evaluation Division
Administrative Management Division
Regulation Reform & Legal Affairs Division
Information Division
Emergency & Security Planning Bureau
Rural Policy Bureau
Rural Policy Division
Business & Human Resource Development Division
Rural Development Division
Rural Society Division
Agricultural Policy Bureau
Agricultural Policy Division
Farmland Policy Division
Agricultural Financial Policy Division
Farm Income Stabilization Division
Agricultural Disaster Insurance Team
Agricultural Cooperative's Marketing & Supply Support Team
^"Location." (Archive) Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Retrieved on December 31, 2013. "Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 94 Dasom2-ro, Government Complex-Sejong, Sejong-si 339-012, Republic of Korea"
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