Bill that strengthens agrarian reform is approved with support from the FPA

In a significant decision for the agricultural sector and agrarian reform in Brazil, the Agriculture Committee of the Chamber of Deputies (CapaDR) approved today (13) the favorable report by deputy Dilceu Sperafico (PP-PR) to the Complementary Bill (PLP 163/23), authored by deputy Lucio Mosquini (MDB-RO), both members of the Parliamentary Front for Agriculture (FPA).

The project allocates 25% of the amounts collected through environmental fines to the Land and Agrarian Reform Fund, administered by the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra). The goal is to channel these resources into rural settlement projects, reinforcing sustainable agricultural production and social inclusion in the countryside.

In this sense, Sperafico highlighted that “the proposal brings a holistic vision, where ecology, agriculture and agrarian justice go hand in hand, and not in opposition, as is often presented in speeches”.

Among other measures, the project emphasizes the importance of protecting the environment while supporting the Brazilian agricultural sector, recognized worldwide for its high productivity and the preservation of more than 60% of its natural areas.

The proposal amends Complementary Law No. 93 of 1998, which established the Land and Agrarian Reform Fund, and Law No. 9.605, also of 1998, which deals with sanctions in cases of damage to the environment.

Mosquini's project, which now goes to the Finance and Taxation and Constitution and Justice and Citizenship committees for evaluation, was unanimously approved by the parliamentarians of the Agricultural Parliamentary Front (FPA), who have long defended incentive policies for family farming and the agricultural sector in the country.

“We need policies that respect the environment without compromising food production and the safety of rural workers,” said Sperafico. He stressed that Brazil should be seen not only as an agricultural powerhouse, but as a model of sustainability and environmental responsibility. “The allocation of a portion of environmental fines to agrarian reform strengthens the rural economy while promoting conscious and sustainable agricultural practices,” he concluded.