Brazil - Innovation Increases Land Access and Incomes of Poor Rural Families

Brazil has developed a community-led, market-based approach to land reform in which poor rural laborers and farmers, either landless or with insufficient land for subsistence, form beneficiary associations through which to obtain financing to buy agricultural properties, for which they negotiate directly with willing sellers. The financing package includes complementary funds for investments to enhance land productivity (water, electricity, livestock, farm machinery) or improve welfare (housing, schools). The results are good: beneficiary incomes have increased substantially, predominantly from agricultural production, and the approach has accelerated the pace and lowered the cost of land access by the rural poor throughout the Northeast and elsewhere in Brazil.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Roumani, Anna, Coirolo, Luis
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-05
Subjects:	ACCESS TO LAND, AGRARIAN REFORM, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, ARID AREAS, BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATIONS, BENEFICIARY FAMILIES, COMMERCIAL BANK, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CROPS, DECENTRALIZATION, DROUGHT, FAMILY FARMS, FAMILY INCOME, FAMILY MEMBERS, FARM EMPLOYMENT, FARM PRODUCTIVITY, FARMERS, HOUSEHOLD AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSING, HUNGER, INCOME, INCOMES, INEQUALITY, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, IRRIGATION, LAND ACQUISITION, LAND DISTRIBUTION, LAND OWNERSHIP, LAND PREPARATION, LAND PRODUCTIVITY, LAND QUALITY, LAND REFORM, LAND SUPPLY, LAND TITLES, LIVESTOCK, MILK, MUNICIPAL LEVEL, MUNICIPALITIES, NGOS, POOR, POOR FAMILIES, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY PROGRAMS, POVERTY REDUCTION, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL FAMILIES, RURAL LABORERS, RURAL POOR, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION, RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION, RURAL WATER, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, RURAL WORKERS, SMALL FARMS, SOCIAL CAPITAL, STATE GOVERNMENTS, SUBSISTENCE, SUBSISTENCE FARMERS, TARGETING, TAX RATES, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, WATER AVAILABILITY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/6412651/brazil-innovation-increases-land-access-incomes-poor-rural-families https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10334
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