Missions of the Ministry

The mission of the Ministry of Agriculture is to design, develop and implement government policy in the areas of agricultural development and food security.

As such, it is particularly responsible for:

• To design and develop legislation and regulations in agricultural matters and to ensure their application,
• To design, develop, implement and ensure the monitoring and evaluation of national agricultural development strategies,
• To promote the private sector in the development of agricultural production sectors,
• To design and implement agricultural development programs and projects and to monitor them,
•  To ensure the establishment of hydro-agricultural infrastructure, rural buildings and agricultural tracks,
• To design and define lines of applied research in rural development and food security,
• To promote technology transfer, agricultural advice, supervision, support for rural women and the structuring of the rural world,
• To contribute to the achievement of food security,
• To design the agricultural map,
• To create a database on the agricultural sector,
• To support the emergence of a dynamic private sector for the production, supply and local distribution of agricultural inputs and equipment,
• To stimulate the development of agro-industrial and export crops,
• To ensure the maintenance of agricultural statistics,
• To strengthen the information and communication system at the level of actors in the agricultural sector,
• To ensure the protection of plants, information, awareness and education of the population on the subject,
• To ensure the rational management of natural resources in terms of land tenure security and soil fertility,
• To participate in the implementation of the regional economic integration policy,
• To participate in the establishment and strengthening of credit and savings structures adapted and accessible to producers and operators in the rural world,
• To put in place mechanisms for resolving farmer-herder conflicts,
• To participate in meetings, symposiums, conferences, seminars and sub-regional and international negotiations dealing with issues relating to the areas of competence of the Ministry,
• To take into account the environmental dimension in the programs and projects of the sector;
• To promote gender and equity in the activities of the sector