Law No. 18.995 on State Policy for Irrigated Agriculture. País/Territorio Brasil Subdivisión territorial Goiás Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 2015 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia Agricultura y desarrollo rural, Agua Palabra clave Desarrollo agrícola Irrigación Cuenca/área de captación/cuenca colectora Energía renovable Desarrollo sostenible Política/planificación Agricultura familiar Explotación agrícola Equipos Abastecimiento de agua Reciclado/reutilización Legislación básica Área geográphica Amazona, Americas, América Latina y el Caribe, Atlántico Norte, América del Sur, Atlántico Sur Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Resumen This Law, consisting of 10 Chapters, establishes the State Policy for Irrigated Agriculture to be applied within the State territory. It specifies requirements to be met in order to perform irrigation activity. The Agriculture State Policy Irrigated aims to: establish the guidelines of support for irrigated agriculture policies; encourage the expansion of irrigated area and increased productivity in an environmentally sustainable basis, including the construction of dams for water collection for use in irrigation; contribute to increased productivity of irrigated soils; contribute to increasing the competitiveness of agribusiness Goias and Brazil with a view to expanding the generation of employment and income; contribute to the domestic market supply of food, fiber and renewable energy as well as to generate agricultural surpluses to be exported; train human resources and foster the generation and transfer of technologies related to irrigation; encouraging private irrigation projects. The Policy is divided as follows: Preliminary provisions (Chap. I); Principles (Chap. II); Objectives (Chap. III); Guidelines (Chap. IV); Tools (Chap. V); Irrigation system installation (Chap. VI); Irrigating system (Chap. VII); Hydro-agricultural Valuation of Family Unit Production (Chap. VIII); Offences and penalties (Chap. IX); Final provisions (Chap. X). Texto completo Portugués Página web www.normabrasil.br