Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture | |
Native Name: | pt|Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário e Agricultura Familiar |
Type: | Ministry |
Jurisdiction: | Federal government of Brazil |
Agency Type: | Ministry |
Headquarters: | Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco C Brasília, Federal District |
Budget: | $4.98 b BRL (2023)[1] |
Chief1 Name: | Paulo Teixeira |
Chief1 Position: | Minister |
Chief2 Name: | Fernanda Machiaveli |
Chief2 Position: | Executive-Secretary |
Chief3 Name: | Patrícia Vasconcelos |
Chief3 Position: | Secretary of Familiary Agriculture and Agroecology |
Chief4 Name: | Milton Fornazieri |
Chief4 Position: | Secretary of Supply, Cooperativism and Food Sovereignty |
Chief5 Name: | Moisés Savian |
Chief5 Position: | Secretary of Land Governance, Territorial and Socio-environmental Development |
Chief6 Name: | Edmilton Cerqueira |
Chief6 Position: | Secretary of Quilombolas and Traditional Territories and Productive Systems |
The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture (pt|Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário e Agricultura Familiar, abbreviated MDA) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil.
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.