Agriculture and Food Sector-Specific Plan (PDF, 250 pages - 5.9 MB)
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Agriculture and Food Sector: Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources
Sector Overview
The Agriculture and Food Sector has the capacity to feed and clothe people well beyond the boundaries of the nation. The sector is almost entirely under private ownership and is composed of an estimated 2.1 million farms, approximately 880,500 firms and over one million facilities. This sector accounts for roughly one-fifth of the nation's economic activity and is overseen at the federal level by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The Agriculture and Food Sector has critical dependencies with:
- Water, for clean irrigation and processed water;
- Transportation Systems, for movement of products;
- Energy, to power the equipment needed for agriculture production and food processing; and
- Banking and Finance, Chemical, Dams, and other sectors as well.
Read the Agriculture and Food Sector Snapshot (PDF, 2 pages - 371 KB)
Contact
For more information, contact nipp@dhs.gov.
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