Definition of Powers and Duties of the Executive Organs Proclamation No. 1263/2021.

The Proclamation establishes powers and duties of the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and Council of Ministers; lists the federal executive organs and their functions; establishment of Ministries and their accountabilities, responsibilities, power and duties. Among the common powers and duties of Ministries the Proclamation to ensure that the policies, laws, development programs and projects of any Ministry benefit women, children and youth.
The Ministry of Agriculture shall have the following powers and duties: a) formulate policies, strategies, programs and legal framework which ensures the sustainability of agriculture and forest development and its competitiveness; implement the same upon approval by the concerned organs; b) establish a system which enables to promote the participation and role of the private sector in agricultural sector development; c) establish a rural financial system accessible to farmers, pastoralists, and semi-pastoralists and to private sector actors engaged in agricultural activities; d) cause the expansion and utilization of agricultural extension advisory service; e) establish a system for demand, supply, distribution and marketing inputs for crop production, veterinary, fishery and natural resource development; f) establish a system which enable the prevention and control of plant, animal and fish diseases; g) establish a system and infrastructure that enable to improve the quality and accessibility of plant and veterinary health services; h) establish a system for registration and monitoring of agricultural technology, input and service; i) devise strategy, in collaboration with the concerned organs, in order to make urban farming effective and establish implementation mechanisms; j) ensure the proper implementation of animal genetic improvement; k) coordinate the compilation of technologies necessary for livestock and fishery products development and the introduction of the same to users as may be necessary; l) follow up and support the establishment of a system for rural land management and sustainable utilization of natural grazing land; m) cause the establishment of a system for market led veterinary resource development, water centered crops and animal feed development, vegetables and fruits development and utilization of grazing land and natural resource in pastoralist and semi pastoralist areas; n) establish a system for the strengthening of water harvesting, diversion of water, development of ground water resource, utilization of water pumps activities by integrating water used for farming with rain, surface and ground water; o) establish a system for the formulation and implementation of programs and projects for utilization of river basin, soil and water; p) identify the causes for the extinction of natural resource in order to conserve and sustainably utilize it and establish a system for formulation and implementation of prevention strategies and follow up its implementation; q) build capacity which enables to predict the impact of natural and man-made disasters on agricultural development; among others.
The Ministry of Water and Energy shall have the following powers and duties: a) initiate policies, strategies and laws with respect to water and energy; b) undertake policy studies, surveys and researches needed to create a conducive environment for the implementation of an integrated water resource management within basins; c) ensure that projects, activities and interventions related to water in the basins are, in line with the integrated water resources management process; d) perform flood protection forecasting and early warning; etc. The Ministry of Irrigation and Lowland shall have the following powers and duties: a) initiate policies, strategies and laws with respect to irrigation development, lowland and drought prone areas; b) cause the expansion of irrigation development; c) encourage irrigation projects to be supported by innovative technolstry; Ministry of Mines; Ministry of Labor and Skill; Ministry of Planning and Development; Ministry of Innovation and Technology; Ministry of Education; Ministry of Health; and Ministry of Women and Social Affairs; among others.
Part five provides for the establishment of other executives organs; these are:The Ethiopian Agricultural Authority; Ethiopian Veterinary Institute; Livestock Development Institute; Ethiopian Forest Development; Petroleum and Energy Authority; Environment Protection Authority; Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority; among others.