The Minister of Agriculture is a Minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada, who is responsible for overseeing several organizations including Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian Dairy Commission, Farm Credit Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Farm Products Council and the Canadian Grain Commission. The current Minister of Agriculture is Marie-Claude Bibeau.
The Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, also referred to as Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for policies governing the production, processing, and marketing of all farm, food, and agri-based products. It is popularly called Ag-Canada.
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is a wholly owned United States government corporation that was created in 1933 to "stabilize, support, and protect farm income and prices". The CCC is authorized to buy, sell, lend, make payments, and engage in other activities for the purpose of increasing production, stabilizing prices, assuring adequate supplies, and facilitating the efficient marketing of agricultural commodities.
The Farm Credit System (FCS) in the United States is a nationwide network of borrower-owned lending institutions and specialized service organizations. The Farm Credit System provides more than $304 billion in loans, leases, and related services to farmers, ranchers, rural homeowners, aquatic producers, timber harvesters, agribusinesses, and agricultural and rural utility cooperatives.
Farm Credit Bank of Texas, part of the US Farm Credit System, serves as a wholesale lender and business-service provider to 14 local borrower-owned Farm Credit associations in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas.
The Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) is the largest public sector Specialized financial development institution in Pakistan. Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) was incorporated as a public limited company in 2002 under Companies Ordinance, 1984. The bank provides agriculture credit and banking services to farmers across the country. The bank remains the largest public sector agriculture development financial institution in the country. ZTBL has a limited banking license which restricts the institution from undertaking broad range of banking business. The bank has applied for commercial banking license to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP); however no decision has yet been taken with regards to the same.
The Vietnam Football Federation Cup or VFF Cup was an annual football tournament organised in Vietnam. Every year the tournament is held at the Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Hanoi with other foreign participants are either club teams or national teams, while the host remain to use their own national team.
The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, commonly known as BIDV, is a Vietnamese state-owned bank in Vietnam. It is the country's number one bank in net income and the second biggest bank by assets as of 2012, behind Agribank. According to the United Nations Development Programme report on the 100 largest enterprises in Vietnam, BIDV came in at the 4th position after Agribank, VNPT, and EVN.
The Gramin Bank of Aryavart (GBA) is a Regional Rural Bank (RRB) in Uttar Pradesh established in 2013. The bank was formed by the amalgamation of Aryavart Kshetriya Gramin Bank and Shreyas Gramin Bank. It currently has 706 branches and 12 regional offices in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh, around Lucknow. It functions under Regional Rural Banks’ Act 1976 and is sponsored by Bank of India.Allahabad UP Gramin Bank and Gramin Bank of Aryavart are mergering with name Aryavart Bank e.r.f 01.04.2019.[1]
An agricultural attaché is a diplomat who collects, analyzes, and acts on information on agriculture, agribusiness, food, and other related spheres in a foreign country or countries. Agricultural attachés may be directly employed by the sending country's agriculture ministry, or they may be employed by the foreign ministry. Typical activities of an agricultural attaché include reporting on crop conditions, food availability, domestic agricultural policy and the foreign trade outlook in agricultural commodities; negotiating food aid agreements and agricultural credit lines; implementing agricultural technical assistance programs; facilitating professional contacts, exchanges, and technology transfer; assisting in negotiating bilateral and multilateral trade agreements; and promoting the exports of agricultural and food products. In many cases, agricultural attachés may also bear responsibility for issues related to the environment, food security, food safety, fisheries, forestry, and indeed anything related to rural areas and the rural economy.
The Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, previously known as the Agricultural Research Station of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, is an Israeli agricultural research center. It serves as the research arm of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the State of Israel and provides research opportunities for local and international scientists at post-graduate levels, as well as educational opportunities for Israeli and international youths, farmers and scientists. The organization supports Israeli agriculture research, focusing on plant sciences, animal sciences, plant protection, soil and environmental sciences, food sciences, and agricultural engineering. The organization was founded in 1921 in Ben Shemen, Israel, by Yitzhak Elazari Volcani, for whom it is named.
Keshavarzi Bank, also known as Agribank, is a major Iranian banking establishment offering retail and commercial services. The company was established in 1933 and as a Farming and Industrial Bank. Currently, the bank serves as the only specialized financial institution in the agricultural sector that holds over 1800 branches nationwide and finances nearly 70% of the Iranian agricultural sector.
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI) is a standing committee of the House of Commons of Canada.
Agriculture in Singapore is accountable for part of the country's economy. It takes place mostly in the countryside of Singapore, where farms can be found.
Public Bank Vietnam Limited (PBVN) is a bank based in Hanoi, Vietnam offering financial services in Vietnam. It was transformed from VID Public Bank (VIDPB) - a joint venture between Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) of Vietnam and Public Bank Berhad (PBB) of Malaysia with equal stake established in May 1992. The transformation completed on March 24th, 2016 and the bank officially commenced operations on April 1st, 2016.
