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Law No. 13.965 creating the Programme for incentives to Pequi fruit production and other native fruits of Cerrado (PRÓ-PEQUI).

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Minas Gerais
Document type
Legislation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Subsidy/incentive Plant production Plant variety Post-harvest treatment Oleaginous plants Agricultural development Fruits/edible nuts International trade Cooperative/producer organization Indigenous peoples
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Law, consisting of 8 articles, creates the Programme for incentives to cultivation, extraction, consumption, trade and processing of Pequi fruit and other native fruits of Cerrado (PRÓ-PEQUI). This Programmes aims at integrating local populations who traditionally live on the rational exploitation of this biome within the Brazilian "Cerrado" habitat and in a sustainable way through the creation of mechanisms able to guarantee the exploitation of this fruit by traditional communities, organized in cooperatives or other form of associations.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.soleis.adv.br

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Decree No. 46.186 regulating the Programme for incentives to Pequi fruit production and other native fruits of Cerrado (PRÓ-PEQUI).

Legislation | Brazil | 2013

Keyword: Subsidy/incentive, Plant production, Plant variety, Post-harvest treatment, Oleaginous plants, Agricultural development, Fruits/edible nuts, International trade, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX