Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
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The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture is a German government ministry responsible for national policies on agriculture, food safety, rural development, and related environmental and consumer protection issues.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T153149 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Context triple: [Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, worksWith, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture]
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A.
Office for Agricultural Affairs
The Office for Agricultural Affairs was a subdivision responsible for overseeing and coordinating agricultural policy and production within Nazi Germany’s Office of the Four Year Plan.
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B.
Federal Ministry of Health
The Federal Ministry of Health is a German federal government department responsible for national health policy, healthcare regulation, and public health protection.
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C.
United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture is a federal executive department responsible for developing and executing national policies on farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food safety.
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D.
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is a German federal government ministry responsible for shaping national economic policy while driving the country’s energy transition and climate protection strategy.
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E.
Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization is a United Nations specialized agency that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve food security, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Target entity description: The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture is a German government ministry responsible for national policies on agriculture, food safety, rural development, and related environmental and consumer protection issues.
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A.
Office for Agricultural Affairs
The Office for Agricultural Affairs was a subdivision responsible for overseeing and coordinating agricultural policy and production within Nazi Germany’s Office of the Four Year Plan.
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B.
Federal Ministry of Health
The Federal Ministry of Health is a German federal government department responsible for national health policy, healthcare regulation, and public health protection.
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C.
United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture is a federal executive department responsible for developing and executing national policies on farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food safety.
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D.
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is a German federal government ministry responsible for shaping national economic policy while driving the country’s energy transition and climate protection strategy.
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E.
Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization is a United Nations specialized agency that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve food security, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal ministry of Germany
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government ministry ⓘ |
| abbreviation | BMEL ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
European Commission
ⓘ
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection ⓘ Federal Ministry of Health ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
department for EU and international affairs
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department for agricultural policy ⓘ department for consumer protection ⓘ department for food safety and veterinary affairs ⓘ department for rural development ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Berlin
ⓘ
Bonn ⓘ |
| issues |
agricultural policy guidelines
ⓘ
food safety regulations ⓘ nutrition guidelines ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft
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| oversees |
German agricultural subsidies
ⓘ
animal welfare policy in agriculture in Germany ⓘ food labeling regulations in Germany ⓘ implementation of Common Agricultural Policy in Germany ⓘ plant health policy in Germany ⓘ veterinary public health in the food chain ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Federal Government of Germany
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surface form:
Government of Germany
|
| partOf | Federal Government of Germany ⓘ |
| regulates |
animal husbandry standards in Germany
ⓘ
food hygiene standards in Germany ⓘ use of pesticides in agriculture in Germany ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
agricultural policy in Germany
ⓘ
consumer protection in the food and agriculture sectors ⓘ fisheries policy in Germany ⓘ food policy in Germany ⓘ food safety in Germany ⓘ forestry policy in Germany ⓘ nutrition policy in Germany ⓘ rural development policy in Germany ⓘ |
| sector |
agriculture
ⓘ
consumer protection ⓘ environmental protection related to agriculture ⓘ food ⓘ rural development ⓘ |
| shortName | BMEL ⓘ |
| supervises |
Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food
ⓘ
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bmel.de ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Description of subject: The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture is a German government ministry responsible for national policies on agriculture, food safety, rural development, and related environmental and consumer protection issues.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
→
worksWith
→
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
ⓘ
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
→
nativeName
→
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft
this entity surface form:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft
this entity surface form:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz
this entity surface form:
Germany’s Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture
department for food safety and veterinary affairs
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partOf
→
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Department for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs (Germany)
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Germany)
department for food safety and veterinary affairs
→
parentOrganization
→
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Department for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs (Germany)
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Germany)
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
→
parentOrganization
→
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
ⓘ
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
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subordinateTo
→
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
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Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food
→
parentOrganization
→
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
ⓘ
Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food
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subordinateTo
→
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
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Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute facilities
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operatedBy
→
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
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this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
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heads
→
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
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this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection