Formed 25 November 1999 Minister responsible Osmar Terra (pt) | Annual budget R$ 5,6 billion (2015) Website www.mda.gov.br | |
Headquarters Brasília, Distrito Federal | ||
The Ministry of Agrarian Development (Portuguese: Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário, abbreviated MDA) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. The current Minister of Agrarian Development is Osmar Terra.
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).
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Ministry of Agrarian Development (Brazil) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA