Act No. 93 creating the Fund for Lands and Agricultural Reform - 'Banco da Terra'. Country/Territory Brazil Document type Legislation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Special fund Land reform Agricultural land Family farming Credit Farming Land tenure Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Act enters into force on the date of publication. Abstract This Act creates the Fund for Lands and Agricultural Reform - 'Banco da Terra' aimed to give financial assistance in order to enforce rural programmes. It consists of 14 articles specifying the requirements to be satisfied in order to obtain these incentives for agricultural development. Beneficiaries of this financial assistance programme are: farmers non-owners (working under concession, leasing, etc. for more than 5 years in agro-zootechnics); owners of agricultural lands for family sustenance (according to article 4 of Law No. 4.504 of 30 November 1964). Full text Portuguese Website www.senado.gov.br References - Legislation Implemented by Decree No. 3.475 regulating Act No. 93 on the Fund for Lands and Agricultural Reform - 'Banco da Terra'. Legislation | Brazil | 2000 Keyword: Special fund, Land reform, Agricultural land Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree No. 4.892 regulating Act No. 93 creating the Fund for Land and Agricultural Reform. Legislation | Brazil | 2003 (2019) Keyword: Agricultural development, Agricultural land, Subsidy/incentive, Special fund Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree No. 6.672 regulating the Sub-programme to Fight Rural Poverty, established under the National Agrarian Reform. Legislation | Brazil | 2008 Keyword: Land reform, Agricultural land, Agricultural development, Poverty, Policy/planning, Smallholders/peasants Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree No. 8.500 amending Decree No. 4.892 on the Fund for Land and Agricultural Reform. Legislation | Brazil | 2015 Keyword: Agricultural development, Agricultural land, Subsidy/incentive, Special fund Source: FAO, FAOLEX