Ministry of Agrarian Development (Brazil)

The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture (Portuguese: Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário e Agricultura Familiar, abbreviated MDA) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil.

Not to be confused with the similarly-named Ministries of Development and Social Development.
Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture
Ministry overview
Formed25 November 1999
1 January 2023 (2nd formation)
Dissolved12 May 2016
HeadquartersBrasília, Distrito Federal
Annual budgetR$ 5,6 billion (2015)[1]
Minister responsible
Websitewww.mda.gov.br

The MDA was established in 1999 to oversee land reform in Brazil and promote sustainable practices. The agency oversees the Center for Agrarian Studies and Rural Development (NEAD) and the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra).[2] After taking office as Acting President, Michel Temer fused the ministry with the Ministry of Social Development. It was later recomposed by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2023. The incumbent minister is Paulo Teixeira.

See also

References
  1. Portal Orçamento (October 2014). "Projeto de Lei Orçamentária para 2015" (PDF). Senado federal. p. 26. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. The German Academic Exchange Service. "Ministry of Agrarian Development". Accessed 20 September 2013.


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