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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