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Law No. 12.188 instituting the National Policy on Technical Assistance for Family Farming and Agrarian Reform (PNATER) and the National Programme for Rural Family and Agrarian Reform (PRONATER).

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Legislation
Date
2010
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Agricultural development Farming Financial agricultural measures Special fund Subsidy/incentive Family farming Agricultural extension Agroecology Food sovereignty Food security Capacity building Gender Governance Institution Policy/planning Public participation Smallholders/peasants Rural employment
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force 30 days following its publication.
Abstract

This Law, consisting of 29 articles divided into six Chapters, establishes the National Policy for Technical Assistance and Rural Extension for Family Agriculture and Agrarian Reform - PNATER and the National Programme of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension in Family Agriculture and Agrarian Reform - PRONATER, as the main implementing tool of PNATER, aiming at organizing and implementing the ATER services. The principles of PNATER are: sustainable rural development, compatible with the proper use of natural resources and the preservation of the environment; gratuity, quality and access to technical assistance and rural extension; adoption of participatory methodology with multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and intercultural approach, aiming at the construction of citizenship and the democratization of the management of public policy; adoption of the principles of ecologically-based agriculture as a approach to the development of sustainable production systems; equity in gender relations, generation, race and ethnicity; and contribution to the safety and nutritional and food sovereignty.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.planalto.gov.br

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Decree No. 7.215 regulating Law No. 12.188 on the National Programme for Technical Assistance to Family Farming and Agrarian Reform (PRONATER).

Legislation | Brazil | 2010

Keyword: Agricultural development, Credit, Family farming, Farming

Source: FAO, FAOLEX