Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat
BMLEH
Germany’s federal ministry for agriculture, food and rural affairs. The ministry states its goals as balanced, healthy nutrition with safe food, clear consumer information at the point of purchase, and a strong and sustainable agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector, together with prospects for rural regions, future-proof animal husbandry, and world food security.
- Jurisdiction
- Germany
- Government level
- Federal
- Authority type
- Ministry
- Status
- Active
Visit the official websitehttps://www.bmleh.de
Official name in local language
- de Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat
Responsibilities
Each item below is recorded from the authority’s own published material, not inferred from its name.
- Food safety
States the goal of balanced, healthy nutrition with safe food and clear consumer information when buying food.
Source: BMLEH — Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat
- Crops
States a goal of a strong and sustainable agricultural sector (Landwirtschaft).
Source: BMLEH — Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat
- Forestry
Forestry (Waldwirtschaft) is named within the same ministerial goal as agriculture.
Source: BMLEH — Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat
- Fisheries
Fisheries (Fischereiwirtschaft) is named within the same ministerial goal as agriculture.
Source: BMLEH — Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat
- Livestock
States a commitment to future-proof animal husbandry (zukunftsfeste Tierhaltung).
Source: BMLEH — Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat
- Rural development
States a commitment to prospects for Germany’s many rural regions.
Source: BMLEH — Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat
Sources and verification
Ministry page resolved with HTTP 200 and names the body as “Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat (BMLEH)”, setting out food safety, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, animal husbandry, rural regions and world food security as its goals. The former bmel.de domain redirects to bmleh.de.
Verified 2026-08-19 against https://www.bmleh.de/DE/ministerium/ministerium_node.html · domain classification: Verified official
Important limitations
- The responsibilities recorded here are the ministry’s own statement of its goals; they are not a statement of statutory competence, which is set out in German law rather than on this page.
- Germany is federal: substantial agricultural administration sits with the Länder and is not described by this record.