This Order, consisting of 6 articles and 1 Annex, authorizes the permanent and free land concession to farmers and stockbreeders of 11 land plots in Ribeira de Vinha within the island of São Vicente. It establishes the right of ownership for land exploitation to specific farmers and stockbreeders, in order to maintain and rehabilitate the agricultural lands, increase and diversify cultivations and forage production, stimulate the improvement of agricultural and livestock production, fight the poverty, creating income generating activities and improving the local food security.

This Regional Law establishes the modalities of allotment free of charge of land parcels of public and municipal land. It establishes maximum land area allotted free of charge as follows: (a) for farming in accordance with average regional rate validated by local self-government; and (b) for gardening – 0,1 ha.

This Regional Law regulates some issues related to turnover of land parcels and land shares in common property concerning agricultural land. Maximum land area of agricultural land that can be allotted to a single natural of legal person on the territory of a municipal district shall be 10 percent of the total available agricultural land. Minimum land area of agricultural land allotted to production of agricultural commodities shall be 70 ha.

This Regional law establishes that minimum land parcels of public and municipal land that can be allotted to citizens for gardening and horticulture shall be 0,03 ha, while maximum land parcels of public and municipal land that can be allotted to citizens for gardening shall be 0,15 ha and for horticulture 0,25 ha.

Amended by: Regional law No. 142-ZS amending Regional Law No. 147-ZS “On minimum and maximum land parcels of public and municipal land that can be allotted to citizens for gardening and horticulture”. (2011-11-07)

Article 1 shall be amended to add the following wording: “This Regional law establishes that maximum land parcels of public and municipal land that can be allotted to citizens for subsistence farming on condition of ownership or other types of land tenure shall be 2, 5 ha and on urban land for horticulture 0,5 ha”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 147-ZS “On minimum and maximum land parcels of public and municipal land that can be allotted to citizens for gardening and horticulture”. (2006-12-29)

Article 3.1 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Dispute settlement related to dimensions of agricultural land area and location of the boundaries thereof shall be resolved in court”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 8-ZS “On regulation of some issues related to turnover of agricultural land”. (2007-07-10)

The present Regulation is enacted under the Public Lands Act. In particular, the Regulation lays down provisions relating to the resolution of disputes. At the outset the Regulation contains, inter alia, the definition of certain terms such as, “agricultural disposition”, “agricultural disposition holder”, “agricultural lease”, “agricultural leaseholder”, “Board”, “exploration”, “exploration approval”, “local settlement officer”.

Las presentes disposiciones tienen por objeto las reglas para la implementación del Programa Joven Emprendedor Rural y Fondo de Tierras, cuya finalidad es lograr que los jóvenes emprendedores rurales creen y consoliden de manera sustentable su propia agroempresa, definiéndose esta última como el negocio derivado de la explotación sustentable de la tierra social y los recursos asociados a ella.

This Regional Law establishes the modalities of allocation of parcels of public land to citizens free of charge for gardening, horticulture and stockbreeding, and establishes minimum and maximum land area of the aforesaid parcels. It establishes that regional resident – natural person that has never had nor has parcel of agricultural land in ownership for subsistence farming, gardening or horticulture, shall be granted the right to receive in ownership a land parcel for each of the aforesaid purposes once-only.

This Regional Law regulates relations concerning ownership, tenancy and disposal of land parcels and land shares of agricultural land located on the regional territory. State bodies and local government must perform rational land-use planning of agricultural land and protection thereof with a view of: (a) ensuring the right of citizens to favourable environment; (b) ensuring sustainable land tenure; (c) improvement of soil fertility; and (d) ensuring sustainable economic development of the producers of agricultural commodities.

This Regional Law establishes plenary powers of regional state bodies and local government of municipal units in the sphere of turnover of agricultural land. Maximum land area of agricultural land that can be owned by a single natural or legal person shall not exceed 20 percent of total available land area on a given territory at the moment of concession or purchase of such plots of agricultural land. Minimum lease period of agricultural land shall be 11 months.

This Regional Law establishes maximum and minimum land area of the plots of public or municipal land allotted to citizens in ownership for farming, gardening, horticulture, stockbreeding, subsidiary smallholding and individual housing construction. Total land area of agricultural land that can be owned or held in tenancy or lease by citizens carrying out subsistence farming and subsidiary smallholding shall not exceed 10 hectares.