"We never dreamed we'd overcome the wall around domestic growers, " says Tatsuo Horiuchi, representative director of Dole Japan and the only foreign company official advising the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on farm law revisions.

FORBES: Upsetting the apple cart

But, despite being no stranger to foot-and-mouth - he worked alongside the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food during the 1967 outbreak - even he has been taken by surprise at the virulence of the latest outbreak.

BBC: Chief vet: Controlling a crisis

Thomlinson, who was working for the then Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, found the work distressing.

BBC: Official fiddled slaughter expenses

The Environment Agency, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and local authorities all have a part to play but the report said they should work more closely together.

BBC: Flood defences need 'urgent repairs'

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Maff) officials now say the highly contagious virus may have been spreading from a pig farm at Heddon-on-the-Wall, in Northumberland, for more than two weeks.

BBC: You are in: UK

The Angolan Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries purchased the slender multipurpose vessel.

FORBES: Angola Invests in Fight Against Illegal Fishing in Coastal Waters

Today I will outline the thinking of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF), for better or worse probably the key player in deciding future policy.

FORBES: Reforming Japan's Socialized Agriculture (2)