Rural land titling initiatives in Latin America

Overview

Governmental initiatives in Paraguay and Ecuador have focused on providing legal land titles to rural families to ensure property security.

In Paraguay, the administration of President Santiago Peña has distributed land titles to numerous peasant families in the Caazapá department. This process aims to address long-standing demands for land tenure formalization, which is expected to improve access to credit and support productive farm investments.

In Ecuador, the Ministry of Productive Economic Development organized an event in Chimborazo to support female rural producers. This initiative resulted in the adjudication of 200 rural land titles to families in the Guano and Riobamba cantons. The program also provided agricultural support, including subsidized technology packages and mobile agro-productive units, to promote food sovereignty and direct commercial links between farmers and consumers.

Entities

Christian Acosta · Caazapá · World Vision · Paraguay · Ministry of Productive Economic Development

Timeline

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[BUSINESS] 3 sources
Chimborazo rural producers receive land titles and agricultural support
In Riobamba, Ecuador, female rural producers received 200 land titles and agricultural technology to strengthen family farming and food sovereignty through the PIDARA project.
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[POLITICS] 2 sources
Caazapá farming families receive land property titles
Peasant families in Caazapá, Paraguay, have received legal land titles after decades of waiting, providing them with legal certainty and improved access to credit.

Sources

agricultura.gob.ec · caazapaahora.com.py · centrotvecuador.com · lacronicabadajoz.com · stav.ba