The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) is a

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responsible for

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled peop ...

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

, including the management of agricultural

land use Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods. Land use by humans has a long his ...

, but not

land reform Land reform is a form of agrarian reform involving the changing of laws, regulations, or customs regarding land ownership. Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or government-backed property redistribution, generally of agricultur ...

. Dr

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is the incumbent Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, having been appointed on 14 August 2020. Currently, the deputy ministers are Douglas Karoro and

Vangelis Haritatos Vangelis Peter Haritatos (born 8 April 1986) is a Zimbabwean businessman and politician who has served as Deputy Minister for Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement and a Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe for Muzvez ...

. The ministry is located in

Harare Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its ...

. The ministry oversees: *

Veterinary Technical Services Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

* AGRITEX *

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State corporations

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s under the direction of the Ministry of Agriculture include: *

Agricultural Bank of Zimbabwe Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people ...

(AGRIBANK) *Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) *Pig Industry Board (PIB) *Agricultural Rural Development Authority(ARDA) *Grain Marketing Board (GMB) *Tobacco Research Board (TRB) *Cold Storage Commission (CSC)

Ministers of Agriculture

Deputy Ministers of Agriculture

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(May 1980 – January 1981) *

Jock Kay John Maurice "Jock" Kay ( – d) was a Zimbabwean farmer and politician. A member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe from 1983 to 1990, he served as the Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement from 1988 to 1990. He enter ...

(22 January 1988 – March/April 1990) *

Sylvester Nguni Sylvester Robert Nguni (born 4 May 1955) was the Zimbabwean Minister of State in the office of Vice-President Joyce Mujuru. A member of ZANU–PF, he was the Member of House of Assembly for Mhondoro–Mubaira. He was placed on the United States s ...

(c. 2006) *

Seiso Moyo Seiso Moyo (3 September 1956 – 21 December 2012) was a Zimbabwean politician, who served as deputy minister of agriculture from 11 October 2011 to 21 December 2012. Early life and education Moyo was born on 3 September 1956. He was a graduate ...

(11 October 2011 – 21 December 2012) *

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(10 October 2013 - ?) *

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(30 November 2017 - ?) * Douglas Karoro (2018–present) *

(2018–present)

References

External links

Ministry of Agriculture official site
Government of Zimbabwe Agricultural organisations based in Zimbabwe

Harare Ministries established in 1980 1980 establishments in Zimbabwe {{Zimbabwe-gov-stub

State corporations

Ministers of Agriculture

Deputy Ministers of Agriculture

See also

References

External links