Ministero dell’agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste
MASAF
Italy’s national ministry for agriculture, food sovereignty and forests. Its own site organises its work into European policy, national policy, controls, quality, and research, and it publishes measures covering fisheries and forestry alongside agriculture.
- Jurisdiction
- Italy
- Government level
- National
- Authority type
- Ministry
- Status
- Active
Visit the official websitehttps://www.masaf.gov.it
Official name in local language
- it Ministero dell’agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste
Responsibilities
Each item below is recorded from the authority’s own published material, not inferred from its name.
- Farm policy
Organises its published work under national policy (Politiche nazionali) and European policy (Politiche europee) for agriculture.
Source: MASAF — Ministero dell’agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste
- Agricultural research
Maintains research (Ricerca) as a top-level area of its published work.
Source: MASAF — Ministero dell’agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste
- ForestryStatutory
Forests are within the ministry’s title and remit; it maintains the national list of monumental trees (Elenco nazionale degli alberi monumentali).
Source: MASAF — Ministero dell’agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste
- FisheriesStatutory
Administers fisheries measures, including the national solidarity fund for fishing enterprises affected by natural disasters.
Source: MASAF — Ministero dell’agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste
Sources and verification
Official .gov.it site resolved with HTTP 200 under the title “Masaf — Ministero dell’agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste”, with top-level sections for European policy, national policy, controls, quality and research, and current items on the national monumental-tree list and a fisheries solidarity fund. The former politicheagricole.it domain redirects here.
Verified 2026-08-19 against https://www.masaf.gov.it · domain classification: Verified official
Important limitations
- The “Controlli” and “Qualità” sections indicate areas of published activity; the specific statutory inspection and certification powers behind them are set out in Italian law and are not asserted here.
- Italian regions hold substantial agricultural competence; this record covers the national ministry only.