DECREE NO. 6,882, OF June 19, 2009.

Institui, within the framework of the Ministry of Agrarian Development, the Sustainable Development Programme of the Unit of Family-owned Production-Sustainable Pronaf, and gives other arrangements.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, in the use of the assignment that gives it the art. 84, incisos IV and VI, paragraph (a) of the Constitution, and with a view to the provisions of the arts. 2^o, 4^o, inciso II, and 5^o of the Law n^o 11,326, of July 24, 2006,

DECRETA:

Art. 1^o Stay instituted, within the framework of the Ministry of Agrarian Development, the Sustainable Development Programme of the Family Production Unit-Sustainable Pronaf, the aim of which is to plan, guide, coordinate and monitor the deployment of financing of family farmers and settlement of the agrarian reform, with systemic focus, within the framework of the rural credit modalities of the National Strengthening of Familial-Pronaf Agriculture Programme.

§ 1^the It's considered systemic focus the ability to observe the property rural as a whole, its interfaces and potentials, allowing each component or part of the ensemble that makes up the overall goal of the funding project by Pronaf be properly defined, monitored and evaluated, taking into account social, economic and environmental factors.

§ 2^o The Sustainable Pronaf will be supported by the technical assistance services and rural extension.

Art. 2^o Are principles and guidelines of the Sustainable Pronaf:

I-improvement of the quality of actions and policies of support for rural development and agriculture family and settlement of agrarian reform;

II-best use of natural resources, especially soil and water;

III-productive diversification and value aggregation, with systemic focus;

IV-recognition of human relations and of their interactions with the medium environment as a central focus of sustainable rural development;

V-monitoring and evaluation of the outcomes and social, environmental and economic achievments of rural development support policies; and

VI-increased production and productivity of the units of family agriculture and settlements of agrarian reform.

Art. 3^o The Sustainable Pronaf builds on the strategy of the partnership between the organs and entities of the federal, state, district and municipal public administration, the private initiative and the family farmers and their social organizations, observing the provisions of the art. 4^o of the Decree n^o 3,991, of October 30, 2001.

Art. 4^o For the purposes of this Decree, and observed the principles and guidelines in it willing, the following policies and instruments will be used:

I- information, guidance and empowerment of family farmers and settlement of agrarian reform for the application of environmental legislation;

II-broadening of the knowledge and skills of the beneficiaries of the Sustainable Pronaf through the provision of new technological and managerial patterns for the conduct of the activities and projects funded by Pronaf;

III-technological and managerial capacity-building of family farmers and settlement of agrarian reform wishing to transition to agroecological productive systems and organic farming;

IV-facilitation and supervision for the access of family-owned farmers to policies and instruments of financing and protection of production; and

V-surveying and provision of information about the activities developed in the family units of production, allowing for medium-and long-term planning by federal, state and municipal government bodies, research and extension institutions, financial agents, farmers ' and teaching organizations and other entities aimed at the rural development.

Art. 5^o Will be beneficiaries of the Sustainable Pronaf all farmers that are enrolled in Law n^o 11,326, of July 24, 2006.

Art. 6^o The coordination of the Sustainable Pronaf will fit the Ministry of Agrarian Development, which will have as attributions:

I-establish its complimentary norms;

II-promoting articulation strategies of programs, projects and activities developed in the Country, aimed at the development of family farming and agrarian reform;

III-propose guidelines for the establishment of capacity-building, accreditation, supervision and evaluation of the technicians who will act;

IV-establish criteria for approval of projects, application of resources and evaluation of the results;

V-propose mechanisms more appropriate to the granting of credit to family farmers and settlement of agrarian reform; and

VI-institute and coordinate working groups to elaborate the guidelines and strategies objecting to the environmental and funday-to-day regularization of real estate explored by the family and settlement of the agrarian reform and the remuneration of the services effected under the Programme.

§ 1^o The working groups will be instituted in act of the Minister of State of the Agrarian Development.

§ 2^o Members of the working groups will be nominated by the holders of the respective bodies and entities in them represented and designated by the Minister of State for Agrarian Development.

Art. 7^o For the deployment of the Sustainable Pronaf will be used:

I-budget resources of the Ministry of Agrarian Development for the support activities, follow up, technical assistance and rural extension;

II-sources and resources of the credit rural Pronaf for the deployment of rural financing projects; and

III-resources of other budgetary sources and funds whose institutional goals to it suit.

§ 1^o The repass of budget resources will be carried out as per the legislation behold.

§ 2^o The transfer of resources coming from the funds mentioned in the inciso III will comply with the systematic established by the instituidora legislation of each fund.

Art. 8º The Ministry of Agrarian Development will be able to act in conjunction with the National Sustainable Rural Development Council-CONDRAF, the Municipal Councils of Rural Development-CMDR, the State Councils of Sustainable Rural Development-CEDRS, the Municipal Environment Councils-CMMA or others collegiate resemblances with acting and formalization at the municipal, territorial or state level, to propose, promote, articulate, evaluate, and conform the actions of the Sustainable Pronaf.

Art. 9^o This Decree comes into effect on the date of its publication.

Brasilia, June 19, 2009; 188^o of Independence and 121^o of the Republic.

LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA

Guilherme Cassel