ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a description of the MAFF’s internal organisational structure and functions. The first section discusses the relevant aspects of the MAFF as an administrative organ of the government: its broadly defined mission in law and the official works with which it is legally charged in order to achieve its mission. As part of the analysis, the main internal organisational components of the MAFF both before and after the administrative restructuring of January 2001 are set out. Included is a more detailed overview of the division of labour that has prevailed in the post-restructuring period amongst the MAFF’s main organisational sub-units with respect to their administration of agriculture and agriculture-related industries.
