Decree No. 8.025 amending Decree No. 4.892 regulating Act No. 93 creating the Fund for Land and Agricultural Reform.

This Decree amends Decree No. 4.892 regulating Act No. 93 creating the Fund for Land and Agricultural Reform. It establishes financial assistance requirements and specifies that in programs and projects of agrarian credit, may be funded land, under the same conditions, also incidental expenses related to the acquisition of rural property and basic investments allowing the starting of productive activities on property purchased with Funds for Land and Agrarian Reform.Part 1 is divided as follows: Principles and definitions (chap. I), defining types of agricultural land, associations, companies, cooperatives, etc.; Agreements (chap. II), laying down agreements between the agricultural Federal agents and the Brazilian Institute for Agricultural Reform which shall represent the central Government; Chapter III concerns (a) Public (sect. I), and (b) Private lands (sect. II).Part 2 deals with the Agricultural Reform and with promoting the rational use of rural lands, specifying the requirements necessary to obtain the concession of such lands (it also lists expropriation procedures, entitlements and compensation criteria). Part 2 deals further with: Distribution of lands (chap. II); Financing of the Agricultural Reform (chap. III), which lists the requirements for obtaining subsidies from the Financial Fund; Execution and adminstration of agricultural Reform (chap. IV), specifying regional and national plans, competent authorities, cadastre procedures, etc.Part 3 deals with the promotion of the rural development policy and prescribes use, lease, or temporary concession of rural lands as well as fees to be paid. Chapters II and III establish the procedures for the appropriation and exploitation of rural lands, such as: technical assistance, propagative material production, marketing of agricultural products, etc. Chapter IV establishes the requirements to be satisfied for obtaining temporary concession, leasing, sharecropping, etc. of rural lands (including public lands).Part 4 concerns final provisions and the establishment of the Agricultural Special Fund, which shall be managed by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Amends: Decree No. 4.892 regulating Act No. 93 creating the Fund for Land and Agricultural Reform. (2018-01-10)