Family Farm Protection Act (C.C.S.M. c. F15). Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision Manitoba Document type Legislation Date 1986 (2013) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Farming Family farming Agricultural land Agricultural development Financial agricultural measures Institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Social protection Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract The objects of the present Act are: a) to afford protection to farmers against unwarranted loss of their farming operations during periods of difficult economic circumstances; b) to preserve the agricultural land base of Manitoba and to ensure that farmland is farmed and managed during periods of difficult economic circumstances; c) to preserve management skills of farmers during periods of difficult economic circumstances; d) to preserve the human resources of the agricultural community of Manitoba; and e) to preserve the existing lifestyle of farm communities in Manitoba and the tradition of locally owned and managed family farms. The text consists of 41 sections divided into 10 Parts as follows: Definitions and objects (I); Manitoba Farm Industry Board (II); Farmland actions or proceedings (III); Peer advisory panels (VI); Agreement registry (VII); General provisions (VIII); Dissolution of former board and transitional provisions (IX); C.C.S.M. reference and coming into force (X). Full text English Website www.gov.mb.ca