Case M15: Ministry of Agriculture – A Subsidy System Isn’t an Enterprise Architecture 💲

Crops Were Monitored. But the Agricultural System Was Never Designed.

Part of the “One Government, One Anatomy” Review

This case is one of 19 ministries analyzed across Middle Eastern governments under ICMG’s structural diagnostic.

From Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA), to the UAE’s Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE), Oman’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (MAFWR), and Qatar’s Ministry of Municipality (Agriculture Affairs Department) — governments have digitized farming registries, launched sustainability programs, and streamlined subsidies

Yet across all of them, a deeper pattern emerged:

Farms were subsidized. But agriculture was never architected as a system.

Claimed EA Success

Agriculture authorities presented major advancements:

• Farmer registration portals and mobile apps

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