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). After taking office as Acting President, Michel Temer merged the ministry with the Ministry of Social Development. It was later reestablished by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2023. The incumbent minister is Paulo Teixeira.
Structure Executive Secretariat Sub-Secretariat for Rural Women Undersecretariat for Planning, Budget and Administration Department of Evaluation, Monitoring, Studies and Strategic Information; and Executive Secretariat of Collegiate Bodies Secretariat of Family Farming and Agroecology Department of Financing, Protection and Support for Productive Family Inclusion; Department of Innovation for Family Farming and Agroecological Transition; and Department of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Secretariat for Supply, Cooperativism and Food Sovereignty Department for Support of the Acquisition and Marketing of Family Farming Products; and Department of Cooperativism, Support for Sanitary Inclusion, Agroindustry and Certification of Family Production Secretariat of Land Governance, Territorial Development and Socio-environmental Affairs Department of Land Governance; and Department of Territorial and Socio-environmental Development Secretariat for Quilombola and Traditional Territories and Productive Systems Department of Recognition, Protection of Traditional Territories and Ethnodevelopment National Council for Sustainable Rural Development - Condraf Federal Superintendencies for Agrarian Development - SFDA/MDA Center for Agrarian Studies and Rural Development (NEAD)
Linked agencies National Agency for Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (Anater) Supply Centers of Minas Gerais (Ceasa Minas) São Paulo General Warehouses and Storage Company (CEAGESP) National Supply Company (Conab) National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA)
List of ministers
See also Ministry of Fishing and Aquaculture Ministry of Agriculture (Brazil)
References
External links Official website (in Portuguese)






