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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

1889 Board of Agriculture, renamed: 1919 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

1939 Ministry of Food

1955 these amalgamated to form: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

2001 this merged with part of Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions to form Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

History from: Whitehall companion. 2002