The Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Consumer Protection (Albanian: Ministria e Bujqësisë, Ushqimit dhe Mbrojtjes së Konsumatorit) is part of the Albanian government responsible for covering the problems of agriculture, food and protection of the consumers. The current minister is Edmond Panariti of the Socialist Party of Albania. The ministry was formed as the "Ministry of Agriculture" within the special cabinet created on December 4, 1912, right after the Albanian Declaration of Independence, and the first minister was Pandeli Cale.