title: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (East Timor)
text: # Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (East Timor)
  
  The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF; Portuguese: Ministério da Agricultura e Pescas, Tetum: Ministériu Agrikultura no Peskas) is the government department of East Timor accountable for agriculture, fisheries, and related matters.
  
  ## Functions
  
  The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:
  
  * agriculture;
  * forests;
  * fisheries; and
  * livestock.
  
  ## Minister
  
  The incumbent Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry is Marcos da Cruz [de].
  
  