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Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity

HDOA

Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity is the first-order subnational public authority responsible for agriculture in Hawaii.

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Government level
State
Authority type
Department
Status
Active

Visit the official websitehttps://hdoa.hawaii.gov

Responsibilities

Each item below is recorded from the authority’s own published material, not inferred from its name.

  • Farm policy

    Agriculture is a named portfolio in the department’s official title.

    Source: Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity

  • Plant health

    Biosecurity is a named portfolio in the department’s current official title.

    Source: Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity

Why this body is recorded

Official name of the body responsible in Hawaii.

Official source
Source page
https://hdoa.hawaii.gov
What the source says
“Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity”(official name)
Standing
Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-20
  • Portfolio scope is taken from the body’s official title; the statutory powers behind each portfolio are set out in law and are not asserted here.
  • The department’s current official title includes Biosecurity; the former Hawaii Department of Agriculture name is retained as an alias.

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 government site loaded in a real browser on 2026-08-20; it resolved with HTTP 200 identifying the body as Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity.

    Verified 2026-08-20 against https://hdoa.hawaii.gov · domain classification: Official government portal

Important limitations

  • Portfolio scope is taken from the body’s official title; the statutory powers behind each portfolio are set out in law and are not asserted here.
  • The department’s current official title includes Biosecurity; the former Hawaii Department of Agriculture name is retained as an alias.

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