Ministry of Agriculture (Pakistan)
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| Headquarters | Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory |
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| Website | {http://www.mnfsr.gov.pk/} |
The Ministry of National Food Security & Research or Ministry of Agricultulre (Urdu: وزارت زرعی, abbreviated as MoA) is a Cabinet-level ministerial department of Government of Pakistan, responsible for implementing, enforcing, developing, and executing the policy on agriculture, rice, livestock, fishing, and farming. The ministry is governed by the Minister of National Food Security and Research, who must be a member of Parliament of Pakistan. As of 2014[update] that Minister is Sikandar Bosan and the Parliamentary Secretary For National Food Security & Research is Mr. Rajab Ali Khan Baloch.
Agriculture Prices Commission was established in 1981 and re-constituted as Agriculture Policy Institute (API) in 2006 as attached department with ministry.
Provide seed certification and quality control cover for various crops and field inspection of the crops of registered varieties and released varieties.
Regulate the import, export and quarantine of animals and animal products, in order to prevent the introduction or spread of exotic diseases and maintain quarantine services of high standards, to protect the livestock industry of Pakistan and other countries.
National Veterinary Laboratory is a national institution for service and regulatory support to national livestock wealth. These state of the art laboratories are capable of catering needs in advanced applied biotechnology, bacteriology, virology, analytical chemistry, biochemistry, immunology, molecular biology, toxicology, pathology, parasitology and exotic diseases.
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