AGRARIAN REFORM
With the Agrarian Reform Program, 287 thousand families were settled between 1995 and 1998 – a larger number than in the preceding 30 years.
The agrarian reform is undergoing major changes. One of the new goals is to make the granting of the property title to the settled producers quickly and more efficiently. As a consequence, those beneficiaries will be able to perform as family farmers and to get integrated into the market.
The Land and Agrarian Reform Fund–Land Bank is ready to start operations to finance the acquisition of property and infrastructure works. The beneficiaries themselves, united in associations, select the land to be bought, negotiate the price with the owner and prepare the project of the activity to be developed. The Land Bank aims at strengthening rural settlements, among other objectives.