Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food (Ukraine)

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food (Міністерство аграрної політики та продовольства) is the central executive authority of Ukraine in charge of country's agro-development. It is one of the oldest government agencies of Ukraine. On 29 August 2019 the ministry's function were taken over by the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture. On 17 December 2020 the ministry was resurrected.

Ministry activity is coordinated by the Cabinet of Ukraine. Ministry is the main authority in the system of central government responsible for national agricultural policy supervising and implementation including policy on agriculture and food security, public policy in the fields of fishery and fishery protection, use and reproduction of aquatic resources, regulation of fishery and maritime security, veterinary medicine, species protection, land related questions, mapping and surveying, forestry and hunting, surveillance (monitoring) in agriculture.

History
The precursor of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine was the General Secretariat of Land Affairs, established on June 15, 1917, under the Government (the First Vynnychenko government) of the Central Council of Ukraine.

List of names of the precursor of the ministry

 * Ministry of Agriculture of the Ukrainian SSR
 * Ministry of Fruits and Vegetables of the Ukrainian SSR
 * Ministry of Rural Construction of the Ukrainian SSR
 * Ministry of Meat and Milk Industry of the Ukrainian SSR
 * Ministry of Food Industry of the Ukrainian SSR
 * Ministry of Preparations of the Ukrainian SSR
 * State Committee of the Ukrainian SSR on production and technical provision of agriculture
 * Main Administration in gardening, viticulture and wine industry of the Ukrainian SSR
 * State Agro-Industrial Committee of the Ukrainian SSR: 1986 - 1992 (part of the State Agro-Industrial Committee of the USSR)
 * Kolhosps (along with the Council of kolhosps of the Ukrainian SSR)
 * Ministry of Bread products of the Ukrainian SSR
 * Ministry of Amelioration and Water Management of the Ukrainian SSR
 * Ministry of Forestry of the Ukrainian SSR
 * Ukrainian Administration in Fishing
 * Ukoopspilka
 * State Committee on Social Development of Village: 1991 - 1993
 * State Committee on Bread products: 1991 - 1993
 * Ministry of Agriculture and Food: 1992 - 1993
 * Ministry of Agriculture and Food: 1993 - 1998
 * Administrations of agriculture and food
 * Administrations of agriculture and food in raion state administrations
 * Inspections on preparations and quality of agriculture products of regional state administrations
 * Inspections of state technical supervision on status of agricultural vehicles in regional state administrations
 * State Committee on gardening, viticulture and wine industry: 1994 - 1998
 * Ministry of Fishing: 1995 - 1997
 * Ministry of Agro-Industrial Complex (APK): 1997 - 2000
 * Committee of Food Industry
 * Committee on gardening, viticulture and wine industry
 * State Committee of Fishing: 1997 - 2000
 * State Committee in monopoly on production and circulation of alcohol, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco products: 1998 - 2000
 * Ministry of Agrarian Policy: 2000 - 2011
 * Ukrainian State Concern in gardening, viticulture and wine industry: 2000–present

State Committee of Agro-Industrial Business
(As seen above) in 1985 the Ministry was transformed into the State Committee on Agrarian and Industrial Economy of Ukraine (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic). The head of the committee was Yuriy Kolomiets who at the same time was the first deputy chairman of the council of ministers of the Ukrainian SSR. Oleksandr Tkachenko and Viktor Sytnyk were the first deputies of Kolomiets.

The State Committee (also known as Derzhahroprom) included number of other ministries and its regional branches.
 * Ukrainian branch of the VASKhNIL
 * Central administration on production and processing of plants
 * Central administration of food industry
 * Central administration on material and technical supply
 * Central administration on human resources and external relations
 * Central administration on fruit-vegetable economy and potatoes
 * Central administration on production, preparation, and processing of products of animal husbandry
 * Central administration on mechanization and electrification
 * Central administration on capital construction project and reconstruction
 * Forest Ministry
 * Ministry of Amelioration and Water Management
 * Ministry of Bread Products
 * "Ukrholovrybhosp"
 * Ukoopspilka
 * Republican cooperative and state association on agrarian and industrial construction
 * Republican of scientific and production association on agro-chemical servicing of agrarian business
 * NASU Institute of Economy
 * Department of agrarian production management (Ukrainian science and research institute of economy and organization of agrarian business of Aleksandr Schlichter)
 * representatives of the Central administration of statistics (deputy chief), the Ministry of Finance (first deputy), the Derzhplan (first deputy director), the Derzhpostach (first deputy), the Ukrainian Office (Kontor) of Gosbank (deputy director)
 * regional branches of all oblasts of Ukraine

2019—2020 disappearal of the ministry
On 29 August 2019, the appointed Honcharuk Government did not have a separate Ministry of Agriculture. The ministry function were taken over by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

In January 2020 President Volodymyr Zelensky stated the need to separate the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture. Early March 2020 the Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture, Tymofiy Mylovanov refused to head a newly reestablish Ministry of Agriculture (because he did not agree with the economic policies of the new Shmyhal Government).

On 9 July 2020 Zelensky predicted that "at maximum in September" Ukraine would have a separate Minister of Agriculture again.

On 17 December 2020 the ministry was indeed resurrected with the appointment of Roman Leshchenko as Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food.

Subordinate authorities

 * State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine
 * State Agency of Land Resources of Ukraine
 * State Agency for Forest Resources of Ukraine
 * State Agency of Fisheries of Ukraine
 * State Agriculture Inspectorate of Ukraine

Subdivisions

 * Office of the support service of the Minister
 * Office of Inner Audit
 * Department of Legal and Legislative Work
 * Anti-Corruption Sector
 * Department of Economic Development of Agricultural Market
 * Department of financial and credit policy and accounting
 * Department of Foreign Economic Relations
 * Department of Agriculture
 * Department of livestock
 * Department of food
 * Department for technical support and Agricultural Engineering
 * Department of Public Information, interaction with the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and consideration of appeals
 * Department of Personnel
 * Department of the Control
 * Department of Science and Education of Agro-industry and Rural Development
 * Department of communication with media, PR and Information
 * Office of Management of State Property
 * Operational-regime Office
 * Sector of Safety and Fire Safety.

Ministry commissions

 * Committee on Rural Development
 * Commission of the development of agricultural market of Ukraine
 * Committee on Land Relations

Scientific institutions

 * Agricultural higher education institutions
 * Research institutions
 * Subordinated organization
 * Other institutions of Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food

Advisory structures
As an advisory structure, under the Ministry acts a Public Council. Its activities are governed by the Regulations of the Public Council. Chairman of the Public Council is Leonid Kozachenko, president of the All-Ukrainian public organization "Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation".

Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets
In March–April 1918 with the help of Central Powers, Ukraine was liberated from Bolsheviks.

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
The following list relates to institutions of the previously created by Bolsheviks Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets.

Transitional period
On 21 May 1991 Oleksandr Tkachenko was appointed as a State Minister on issues of Agrarian Policy and Food – Minister of Agrarian (Rural) Business of Ukraine (until 24 August 1991 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic).