Budget for the Ministry for Rural Affairs' areas

Agriculture, forestry, fisheries, foodstuffs and Sami affairs are some of the areas with which the Ministry for Rural Affairs works.

Expenditure areas

The Ministry for Rural Affairs' activities largely extend over the expenditure area:

  • Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and related industries under expenditure area 23.

For fiscal year 2011, the Government wants to allocate SEK 19 billion to the activities for which the Ministry for Rural Affairs is responsible. The table below shows the distribution between the different areas of responsibility.

The 2011 budget proposal for the Ministry for Rural Affairs' areas of responsibility
SEK million
The 2011 Budget
Green industries (forestry, agriculture, fisheries)
8 322
Animal health, animal welfare and game management
408
Food
339
Rural areas
6 624
Sami affairs*
152*
Education and research
2 057
Total
17 901
*including the Sami Parliament under expenditure area 1 Governance
 

Minister responsible

Ministry responsible