News: Land Reform

A new program directed at developing national agricultural production has successfully registered over 150,000 farmers interested in participating. The program combines both private and public funding to support domestic farming and distribution of food products.

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The Venezuelan police have apprehended nine people in connection with the torching of a government office in the western state of Zulia earlier this month and have issued arrest warrants for four others believed to be behind the criminal act that left in ashes the regional headquarters of the National Land Institute (INTI).

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After the devastating rains that affected large areas of Venezuela’s farmlands, the Chavez administration is implementing a reconstruction plan to provide impulse to the nation’s farmers and agricultural production.

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On his Sunday talk show, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez pledged to accelerate land reform and increase the government’s share of food production and distribution. The president also announced the nationalization of the agricultural supplies company Agroisleña and the Venezuelan properties of the British Vestey Group.

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Over the past eleven years, Venezuela has seen an increase of 48% in agricultural lands under cultivation, the Minister for Land and Agriculture, Juan Carlos Loyo, reported last week.

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The Venezuelan National Assembly passed a reform to the Land Law on Tuesday night which increases the ability of landless tenant farmers to obtain land and strengthens the state’s power to convert large, idle estates into food producers.

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