You can find detailed information from and about the Department of Agriculture with specialist agricultural information and much more via the Agriculture information service.
The tasks of the Agriculture Department include
- Handling support and compensation measures in agriculture
- Representation of the public interests of agriculture
- Agricultural structural planning, opinions and assessments
- Information, implementation and monitoring of good agricultural practice
- Advice for agricultural businesses (including fruit, horticultural and viticultural businesses)
- Nutritional information and education
- Direct marketers Brochure and online map (see right-hand column)
The following institutions belong to the department:
- Nutrition Center Mittlerer Neckar
- District fruit-growing advice center
- Friedrich-Foß School of Agriculture
- Organic model region Ludwigsburg-Stuttgart
As the lower agricultural authority, the Department of Agriculture is also responsible for the city district of Stuttgart, with the exception of its duties as a public authority. In addition, the department has supra-regional responsibility in many areas: e.g. with the nutrition center, the viticulture advisory service, the horticulture advisory service or the home economics training advisory service also for districts bordering to the east/south/north and even state-wide for the area of animal husbandry.
You can find more detailed information on the individual divisions of the Agriculture Department and their tasks here.
