The Ministry for Rural Affairs (Swedish: Landsbygdsdepartementet), also known as the Ministry of Agriculture (Swedish: Jordbruksdepartementet), was a ministry within the government of Sweden. The Ministry was dissolved in 2015, when rural affairs was transferred to the Ministry of Enterprise. Areas of responsibility have included agriculture and environmental issues relating to agriculture, fishery, reindeer husbandry, Sami affairs, horticulture, animal welfare, foodstuffs, hunting and game management, as well as higher education and research in the field of agricultural sciences.