Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat

Name

Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat

Legal name

Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat

Website

https://bmleh.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bonn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

BMLEH is the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, a government ministry that develops and implements federal policy on food and nutrition, consumer protection, farming, animal welfare, rural development, forests, fisheries, international agricultural affairs, and digitalisation. It provides public information services through its website, publications ordering system, press service newsletter, research project search, statistics portal, teaching materials, and consumer help desk, and administers funding programmes for renewable resources, rural digitalisation, and AI in agriculture.

Product overview

Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat (BMLEH) operates a comprehensive digital information platform providing government services related to food, agriculture, animal welfare, and rural development. The core offering consists of an online publications ordering system (with shopping cart functionality for downloadable and print materials), the BMLEH Press Service newsletter, research project search, event search, statistics portal, and teaching materials. The ministry also manages regulatory services including the State Animal Husbandry Label and consumer help desk. Funding programmes include the Sustainable Renewable Resources programme administered by FNR, the Land.Digital initiative for rural digitalisation, and an AI in Agriculture funding programme. The platform integrates YouTube for video content and OpenStreetMap for geographical information, with social media presence on Threads, Bluesky, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA): Annual international conference on food and agriculture policy held during Berlin's International Green Week since 2009

Products and services

• Publications Ordering System

Quantifiable outcome

• 61 agriculture ministers and 14 international organization representatives participated in GFFA 2026
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability5 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and flagship.

• South Africa - Department of AgriculturemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 March 2026Partnership established during Federal Minister Rainer's trip to South Africa focusing on agricultural trade, equal footing cooperation, and better market opportunities for 'Made in Germany' products. Includes Agricultural Export Strategy development.
• Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBMLEH has commissioned the Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) to run the 'Sustainable Renewable Resources' funding programme. FNR serves as the project executing agency managing funding calls, project coordination, and programme administration for sustainable bioeconomy research and development initiatives.
• 61 Agriculture Ministers (International)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerBMLEH convenes the annual Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) with participation of 61 agriculture ministers from around the world and 14 high-level representatives of international organizations. The 18th GFFA in 2026 successfully concluded with a final communiqué adopted.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA): UK government department covering agriculture, food, animal welfare, and rural development; the closest peer jurisdiction outside the EU/EEA with similar functional remit.
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): US federal cabinet department with an equivalent mandate covering agricultural policy, food safety, animal welfare, rural development, forestry, and international agricultural trade; the closest national-level government peer to BMLEH.
• European Commission DG AGRI: EU directorate-general administering the Common Agricultural Policy that shapes BMLEH's regulatory and funding environment, with directly comparable agricultural-policy and rural-development scope.
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC): Canadian federal ministry responsible for agriculture, agri-food, and rural development policy, with international trade mandate comparable to BMLEH's foreign trade policy portfolio.
• Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: Australian federal department with agricultural policy, biosecurity, fisheries, forestry, and international trade responsibilities; a near-direct structural peer in scope and convening role.
• Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry (MASAF): Italian federal ministry with parallel responsibility for agriculture, food sovereignty, and forestry policy; a direct EU peer operating under CAP alongside BMLEH.
• Japan MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries): Japanese cabinet ministry with combined agriculture, forestry, and fisheries mandate plus food security policy, closely matching BMLEH's consolidated agriculture-food-rural portfolio.
• French Ministry of Agriculture (Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Souveraineté alimentaire): French federal ministry with parallel authority over agriculture, food, forestry, fisheries, and rural policy; operates as a direct national-level counterpart within EU CAP coordination.

Others

• World Food Programme (WFP): UN agency addressing global food security through emergency feeding and resilience programmes; connected to BMLEH via the GFFA agenda and Germany's foreign food-security partnerships rather than direct regulatory competition.

Broad incumbents

• UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): Multilateral UN agency coordinating global food security, agricultural policy, and rural development; comparable to BMLEH in mandate but operating at an international rather than national level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BMLEH_Bund
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC8vNeptksGfl32FMaj-NBqw
• Instagraminstagram.com/bmleh.de
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bmleh

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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