Decree No. 7.858 approving the Regulation of the Family Farming Fund within the MERCOSUL (FAF MERCOSUL). Country/Territory Brazil Document type Regulation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Farming Special fund Agricultural development Family farming Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Decree approves the Regulation of the Family Farming Fund within the MERCOSUL (FAF MERCOSUL). This FAF MERCOSUL Regulation (in Annex), consisting of 5 Chapters, is a financial management tool aiming at financing programmes and projects related to family farming and at allowing a whole participation of social stakeholders in this kind of activities. Responsible coutries for financing the Fund are: Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay and Uruguay. The Regulation is divided as follows: Objective of the Fund (Chap. I); Contributions to the Fund (Chap. II); Administration of the Fund (Chap. III); Use of the Fundo (Chap. IV); General provisions (Chap. V); Full text Portuguese Website www.planalto.gov.br