Draft:Ministry of Agriculture (Dominican Republic)

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic is the State agency in charge of issues related to the primary sector. Among its functions are directing agricultural policy, studying agricultural production, rationalizing the use of land, promoting the improvement of agricultural technology, supervising agricultural schools, preventing pests that may affect plants and animals, studying imports and exports of agricultural products. , among other.

Its origin dates back to 1854, when the Secretary of State for the Interior, Police and Agriculture was established. Its headquarters are located in Santo Domingo, at km 6 ½ of the Duarte highway, Los Jardines expansion. Its current Minister is Lic. Limber Cruz López, since August 16, 2020.

History
The reference to agriculture in the State offices is found in 1854 with the Secretary of State for the Interior, Police and Agriculture (current Ministry of the Interior and Police). It will be in 1908, with the promulgation of a new Constitution, when we will see an institution specialized in these issues when the Secretary of State for Agriculture and Immigration is created. Schoenrich in Santo Domingo, a country with a future explains that the constant revolutions limited the action of this organization and that therefore its action had been limited to "a general supervision of agriculture, the preparatory work for the establishment of an experimental agricultural station and the operation of a small meteorological service".

Throughout its history it will adopt several names: Agriculture and Commerce between 1929-1934; Agriculture, Industry and Commerce in 1934; Labor, Agriculture, Industry and Commerce between 1934-1935; etc.​ In 1963 it would finally be established as the Secretary of State for Agriculture. In 2010, it became the Ministry of Agriculture with Decree no. 56-105​ that modified the nomenclature of government institutions.

Links external
Official Website

Category:Government of the Dominican Republic