Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture
The Chamber of Agriculture (LWK) Lower Saxony , based in Oldenburg, is the self-governing organization of agriculture in Lower Saxony . It emerged on January 1, 2006 from the merger of the Hanover Chamber of Agriculture in Hanover and the Weser-Ems Chamber of Agriculture in Oldenburg and is a public corporation under the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture Act (LwKG).
tasks
The tasks of the Chamber of Agriculture range from advice and funding to vocational training . Advice is not just about individual discussions on the farm, it also includes field testing , which is unique in Germany, as well as analyzing and monitoring the agricultural markets, including market reports. As the responsible body, the Chamber of Agriculture looks after around 6500 trainees in the “green professions” and housekeeping. The Chamber of Agriculture offers more than 500 seminars every year in basic, advanced and advanced training, as well as master classes and other professional training courses. Conferences, lecture events and field days complete the offer. On behalf of the state and in agricultural promotion , the Chamber of Agriculture is responsible for the implementation of more than 50 laws, ordinances and programs. Around 40 young people are trained in the chamber every year.
Members and customers
The area covered by the Chamber comprises around 2.6 million hectares of agricultural land, of which around 1.9 million hectares are arable land and 0.7 million hectares are land, and around 500,000 hectares are private forest. The members and customers of the Chamber of Agriculture are around 40,000 farms. In addition, the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture looks after around 4,300 horticultural companies and 50,000 private forest owners as well as around 160 companies in mixed coastal and small deep-sea fisheries, 60 inland fishing companies and around 150 companies in the aquaculture sector. As a specialized agricultural authority and “public concern”, the Chamber of Agriculture works closely with municipalities, districts and the institutions of the State of Lower Saxony and represents the professional interests of agriculture.
organization
Voluntary, elected representatives of the profession and full-time specialists work closely together in the chamber. The highest decision-making body of the Chamber of Agriculture is the Chamber Assembly. It is reconstituted every six years. Its total of 138 honorary members are 2/3 agricultural entrepreneurs and 1/3 employees from agriculture, forestry, horticulture and fishing. The members of the Chamber Assembly appoint up to 30 additional people from various agricultural professions. Furthermore, the Chamber Assembly forms committees for certain areas of responsibility, whose task is to prepare resolutions for the voluntary bodies.
Every three years, the Chamber Assembly elects a President, two deputies and up to twelve other members, who together form the honorary board of the Chamber of Agriculture.
The board elects the director of the Chamber of Agriculture for a term of six years. He is the superior of the civil servants and employees and leads the business of the current administration and of order matters.
List of Presidents and Directors
The presidents of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture:
| 2006-2009 | Fritz Stegen, Friedrich Scholten |
| 2009-2015 | Arendt Meyer zu Wehdel |
| since 2015 | Gerhard Schwetje |
The directors of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture
| 2006–2012 | Jürgen Otzen |
| since 2012 | Hans-Joachim Harms |
Trivia
The chamber is - together with forest owners - franchisee for funeral forests .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ VORIS LwKG | State standard Lower Saxony | Complete edition | Law on the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture (LwKG) in the version of February 10, 2003 | valid from: 01/01/2003. In: www.nds-voris.de. Retrieved December 8, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office: Agricultural Land Use. Cultivation on arable land (PDF), Fachserie 3 Reihe 3.1.2, preliminary report 2012, p. 13.
- ↑ VORIS LwKG | State standard Lower Saxony | Part Two - Chamber Assembly, Board of Directors, President | Law on the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture (LwKG) in the version of February 10, 2003 | valid from: 01/01/2003. In: www.nds-voris.de. Retrieved December 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Yearbooks of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture 2006–2012
- ^ Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture: Forest burial, rest forest, Friedwald: Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture. In: www.lwk-niedersachsen.de. Retrieved December 8, 2016 .