Central

• The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations is responsible for:Defining policy general principles;
• Coordinating activities and harmonizing plans of the Entity authorities and institutions at the international level;

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations

Regional 

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The federal ministry of agriculture, water and forestry is responsible for:

• Agriculture policy;
• Implementation of agriculture development policy;
• Follow-up of agricultural development;
• Preparation of legislation and regulations;
• Preparation of analyses, information materials and other documents;
• Relations with the EU;
• International cooperation and alignment with international regulations and standards.

Republika Srpska

The ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water is an independent administration body, which carries out administrative, and other duties, and which reports directly to the Government. Its main responsibilities are:

• Protection and use of agricultural land;
• Production and trade of seeds and planting materials;
• Training of agricultural producers;
• Food and beverage industry;
• Farming;Defining and implementation of measures of agricultural and structural policies;
• Monitoring of implementation agricultural strategy;
• Defining and implementation of rural development policies;
• Implementation of incentive measures in agriculture;
• Improving of competitiveness of agricultural production;
• Economic and social revitalisation of rural areas and infrastructure;
• Harmonisation of domestic agricultural policies and regulations according to international standards.

Intermediate Level

Cantons (FBiH)[1]

• Evidence of state-owned agricultural land;
• Separate records on agricultural land that has been leased, concession or has had its use changed;
• Examination of agricultural land contamination.

Responsible ministries/bodies

FBiH, Federal Ministry of agriculture, water and forestry

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water (RS)

Local

FBiH’s Municipalities

• Evidence on cultivated or not agricultural land by cadastral cultures and classes, owner structure and neglect;
• Determines individual parcels of agricultural land that are not cultivated.

Republika Srpska’s Municipalities

• Adopt the principles of protection, use and cultivation of agricultural land and ensure their implementation.

Sources:

Council of Ministers of BiH portal, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations

FBiH portal, Federal Ministry of agriculture, waterand forestry

Republika Srpska Government portal, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water

Zakon o poljoprivrednom zemljištu [Law on agricultural land], Official Gazette of FBiH 52/09 

Закон о локалноj самоуправа [Law on Local Government in Republika Srpska]

Zakon o republickoj upravi [Law on Republic administration- unofficial translation], Official Gazette of Republika Srpska 118/08.

Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, ‘The three-year work plan of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry 2015th to 2017’

Law on Ministries of Government of Rupublika Srpska (Official Gazette of RS, No. 70/02, 33/04, 118/05 and 33/06).
 
Local

FBiH’s Municipalities

• Evidence on cultivated or not agricultural land by cadastral cultures and classes, owner structure and neglect;
• Determines individual parcels of agricultural land that are not cultivated.

Republika Srpska’s Municipalities

• Adopt the principles of protection, use and cultivation of agricultural land and ensure their implementation.
  

Sources:

Council of Ministers of BiH portal, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations

FBiH portal, Federal Ministry of agriculture, waterand forestry
Republika Srpska Government portal, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water

Zakon o poljoprivrednom zemljištu [Law on agricultural land], Official Gazette of FBiH 52/09 

Закон о локалноj самоуправа [Law on Local Government in Republika Srpska]

Zakon o republickoj upravi [Law on Republic administration- unofficial translation], Official Gazette of Republika Srpska 118/08.

Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, ‘The three-year work plan of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry 2015th to 2017’

Law on Ministries of Government of Rupublika Srpska (Official Gazette of RS, No. 70/02, 33/04, 118/05 and 33/06).