title: Ministry of Rural Development and Food (Greece)
text: The Ministry of Rural Development and Food () is the government department that oversees agriculture in Greece. The incumbent minister is  of New Democracy.
  
  History
  The ministry was established in 2004 upon the inauguration of the First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis, replacing the older Ministry of Agriculture.
  
  It was demoted to the level of a sub-ministry within the Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, the Environment and Energy in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras, before being restored as a full ministry in his second cabinet a few months later.
  
  List of ministers
  
  Rural development and food (2004–2015)
  
  Rural development and food (alternates, January–September 2015)
  
  Rural development and food (since September 2015)
  
  Agencies
   Plant Health Inspection Service
   The Benaki Phytopathological Institute conducts research in plant protection and plant health. It was founded with a donation by Emmanouil Benakis and is named after him.
  
  References
  
  External links
   Official website
  
  Government ministries of Greece
  Lists of government ministers of Greece
  Greece
  Agricultural organizations based in Greece
  2004 establishments in Greece
  Ministries established in 2004