Ministry of Agrarian Development (Brazil)

Not to be confused with the similarly-named Ministries of Development and Social Development.
Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture
Portuguese: Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário e Agricultura Familiar
Ministry overview
Formed24 August 1982; 42 years ago (1982-08-24)
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionFederal government of Brazil
HeadquartersEsplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco C
Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget$4.98 b BRL (2023)[1]
Ministry executives
  • Paulo Teixeira, Minister
  • Fernanda Machiaveli, Executive-Secretary
  • Patrícia Vasconcelos, Secretary of Familiary Agriculture and Agroecology
  • Milton Fornazieri, Secretary of Supply, Cooperativism and Food Sovereignty
  • Moisés Savian, Secretary of Land Governance, Territorial and Socio-environmental Development
  • Edmilton Cerqueira, Secretary of Quilombolas and Traditional Territories and Productive Systems
Websitewww.gov.br/mda/

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.

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.

  1. ^ "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  2. ^ The German Academic Exchange Service. "Ministry of Agrarian Development". Accessed 20 September 2013.