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

Roumani, Anna ; Coirolo, Luis

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO LAND;    AGRARIAN REFORM;    AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION;    AGRICULTURAL WORKERS;   

RP-ID  :  34181

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

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