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Law No. 8.562 creating the State Agency of Agricultural and Livestock Research and Rural Extension of Maranhão (AGERP/MA).

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Maranhão
Document type
Legislation
Date
2006
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Livestock
Keyword
Institution Agricultural development Agro-forestry Agricultural extension Policy/planning Capacity building Sustainable use Animal health Animal production
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 10 articles, creates the State Agency of Agricultural and Livestock Research and Rural Extension of Maranhão (AGERP/MA). It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Agency, entitled to perform the following activities: planning, coordinating, controlling and executing in a decentralized manner the state policy of research and development, technical assistance and rural extension, generating, adapting and adopting mechanisms for the transfer and diffusion of appropriate scientific and technological knowledge and contextualized for the production, processing and marketing segments, linked to the productive chains and chains of the agricultural, livestock, agroforestry and fishing sectors of the State of Maranhão.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
legislacao.al.ma.gov.br