The Ministry of Rural Development and Food () is the

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that oversees

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. The incumbent minister is Konstantinos Tsiaras of

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History

The ministry was established in 2004 upon the inauguration of the First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis, replacing the older Ministry of Agriculture.Υ 1/10.3.2004
/ref> It was demoted to the level of a sub-ministry within the Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, the Environment and Energy in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras, before being restored as a full ministry in his second cabinet a few months later.

List of ministers

Rural development and food (2004–2015)

Rural development and food (alternates, January–September 2015)

Rural development and food (since September 2015)

Agencies

* Plant Health Inspection Service * The Benaki Phytopathological Institute conducts research in

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and plant health. It was founded with a donation by Emmanouil Benakis and is named after him.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry of Rural Development and Food (Greece) Rural Development and Food Rural Development and Food Government of Greece

Agricultural organizations based in Greece Greece, Rural Development and Food 2004 establishments in Greece