Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária
MAPA
Brazil’s national ministry for agriculture and livestock, published on the federal gov.br portal.
- Jurisdiction
- Brazil
- Government level
- National
- Authority type
- Ministry
- Status
- Active
Visit the official websitehttps://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt-br
Official name in local language
- pt Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária
Responsibilities
Each item below is recorded from the authority’s own published material, not inferred from its name.
- Farm policy
Published on the federal government portal as the national ministry for agriculture.
Source: Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária (MAPA), Brazil
- Livestock
Livestock (Pecuária) is named in the ministry’s official title.
Source: Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária (MAPA), Brazil
Why this body is recorded
Official name of the body responsible in Brazil.
- Official source
- Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária (MAPA), BrazilMinistério da Agricultura e Pecuária (MAPA), Brazil
- Source page
- https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt-br
- What the source says
- “Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária”(official name)
- Standing
- Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-19
- Detailed statutory competences were not read during the verification pass and are not asserted here.
Evidence shows what an official source published and what AgricultureID made of it. The two are always shown separately: quoted text is the source’s own, and a normalised value is AgricultureID’s vocabulary, not a quotation.
Sources and verification
Official site loaded in a real browser on 2026-08-19; it resolved with HTTP 200 under the title “Home — Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária”.
Verified 2026-08-19 against https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt-br · domain classification: Official government portal
Important limitations
- Detailed statutory competences were not read during the verification pass and are not asserted here.