National Agricultural Land Development Authority Act. País/Territorio Nigeria Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 1992 (1999) Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Título completoAn Act to establish a National Agricultural Land Development Authority to provide, among other things, strategic public support for land development. Materia Agricultura y desarrollo rural, Tierra y suelos Palabra clave Desarrollo agrícola Institución Empleo rural Reforma agraria Área geográphica Africa, Atlántico Norte, Africa Occidental Resumen There is hereby established in the Presidency an authority to be known as the National Agricultural Land Development Authority which shall be a body corporate. The management of the Authority established by section 1 of this Decree shall be vested in a Governing Board. Subject to this Decree, the objectives of the Authority shall be to: provide strategic public support for land development; promote and support optimum utilization of Nigeria's rural land resources for accelerated production of food and fibre; encourage and support economic-size farm holdings and promote consolidation of scattered fragment holdings; encourage the evolution of economic-size rural settlements; provide gainful employment opportunities for rural people, raise rural incomes and improve on the general living standards in rural areas; expand productive capacity in agriculture and regain export capability in traditional and non-traditional crops; etc. Functions of the Board are described in section 6. There is hereby established for each Local Government Area of a State and the Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, a Local Government Project Implementation Advisory Panel which shall be subject to the control of the Authority (sect. 15). Texto completo Inglés Página web www.placng.org Referencias - Legislación Enmendado porr National Agricultural Land Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2016. Legislación | Nigeria | 2016 Palabra clave: Desarrollo agrícola, Institución, Empleo rural, Reforma agraria Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX