Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development

The Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development (Nepali: कृषि तथा पशुपन्छी विकास मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development.^[1][2][3] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister responsible for growth and development of agriculture and livestock sector is an ex-officio member of Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Nepal Veterinary Council and National Tea and Coffee Development Board. The Minister is assisted by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Livestock Development and the junior Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development.^[4][5]

Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development
कृषि तथा पशुपन्छी विकास मन्त्रालय
Emblem of Nepal
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Incumbent Ram Nath Adhikari since 15 July 2024
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development
Style	Honourable
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	Prime Minister, Parliament
Seat	Singha Durbar, Nepal
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	President
Term length	No fixed term
Precursor	Minister of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives

The current minister is Ram Nath Adhikari^[6][7] who took office on 15 July 2024.^[8]

List of former ministers

#		Name	Took of office			Prime Minister		Minister's Party
1		Chakrapani Khanal[a] [9][10]	16 March 2018	20 November 2019	614	.	KP Sharma Oli	CPN (UML)
								NCP
2		Ghanashyam Bhusal [11][12]	20 November 2019	25 December 2020	401
3	.	Padma Kumari Aryal [13][14]	25 December 2020	4 June 2021	161			CPN (UML)
4		Jwala Kumari Sah [15][16]	10 June 2021	22 June 2021	12
5		Basanta Kumar Nemwang [17][18]	24 June 2021	12 July 2021	18
–		Sher Bahadur Deuba [19][20]	13 July 2021	8 October 2021	87		Sher Bahadur Deuba	Nepali Congress
6		Mahendra Raya Yadav [21][22]	8 October 2021	4 July 2022	269			PSP-Nepal
7		Mrigendra Kumar Singh Yadav [23][24]	4 August 2022	14 October 2022	71
–		Sher Bahadur Deuba [25][26]	14 October 2022	26 December 2022	73			Nepali Congress
8		Jwala Kumari Sah [27][28]	26 December 2022	27 February 2023	63		Pushpa Kamal Dahal	CPN (UML)
–		Pushpa Kamal Dahal [29][30]	27 February 2023	31 March 2023	32			CPN (MC)
9		Beduram Bhusal [31][32]	31 March 2023	4 March 2024	339			CPN (US)
–		Pushpa Kamal Dahal [33][34]	4 March 2023	6 March 2023	2			CPN (MC)
10		Jwala Kumari Sah [35][36]	6 March 2024	3 July 2024	119			CPN (UML)
–		Pushpa Kamal Dahal [37][38]	4 July 2024	15 July 2024	11			CPN (MC)
11		Ram Nath Adhikari [6][7]	15 July 2024	Incumbent	417		KP Sharma Oli	Nepali Congress

Notes

1. Chakrapani Khanal was in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives until 2 August 2018, however, due to a cabinet expansion, Padma Kumari Aryal became the new Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, while Khanal's portfolio was changed to Ministry of Agricultural and Livestock Development.