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The Ministry of Industries and Innovation (which includes the previous Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture) is responsible for Icelandic agriculture, including:

• The creation of laws and regulations on farming, food production and animal welfare;
• The utilisation of land resources;
• The issuing of agriculture quotas for certain agricultural areas;
• International cooperation;
• The execution of free trade treaties;
• Pricing and business agreements in collaboration with the ministry for foreign affairs;
• Food safety;
• Consumer issues;
• Farmers' forestry efforts, and
• The supervision of State-owned farmland.
  

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Industries and Innovation

The Department of Food Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Sources:

Ministry of Industries and Innovation

The Department of Food Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Act No. 55, 8 April 2013, on animal welfare