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Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority Act, 2013 (No. 13 of 2013).

Legislation
Kenya
Eastern Africa
Africa

This Act provides for the establishment of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority, the administration of matters of agriculture and the preservation, utilization and development of agricultural land and related matters."Agriculture" in this Act means cultivation of land and the use of land and water for any purpose of husbandry, aquaculture and food production and includes: (a) cultivation of crops and horticultural practice within the meaning of the Crops Act; (b) breeding of aquatic animals and plants in the Kenya fishery waters and sea ranching and fish farming in the sea as provi

Rural Development Act (No. 316 of 2007).

Legislation
Denmark
Europe
Northern Europe

The Act is intended to contribute to the sustainable development of rural areas through the promotion of stronger competitiveness in agriculture, food and forestry sectors. Its purpose is to protect the environment by granting subsidies to sustainable measures aimed to improve agricultural production and agricultural product qualities (Natura2000 planning).The Act consists of 5 Chapters: Purpose and scope (1); Supporting measures (2); Administrative rules (3); Penalty provisions (4); Entry into force (5).

Ministerial Decree No. 91 of 1993 regarding the validation of the Statute of the Federal Committee on Land Resources and Land Survey.

Regulations
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

This Decree validates the Statute of the Federal Committee on Land Resources and Land Survey. It establishes that the functioning of this Committee is regulated by the Russian Constitution, Laws, Rulings of the Congress of People's Deputies, Orders of the Supreme Soviet, Presidential and Governmental Decrees and Orders and by this Statute.

Water Pollution (Control) Ordinance, 2002 (P.I. 407/2002).

Regulations
Cyprus
Western Asia

With this Ordinance, the Code of Good Agricultural Practice is hereby created. The creation of this Code comes along with the implementation of Council Directive 91/676/EEC on the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources. The Code has the aim of promoting guidelines able to assist farmers to reduce water pollution caused by fertilizers from agricultural sources and to prevent further such pollution and to set the acceptable environmental conditions for the use of urban waste water for irrigation purposes.

Circular No. 30/2013/TT-BNNPTNT guiding the formulation of plans to use the top soil and offset the area of wet-rice farm land used for another purpose.

Regulations
Vietnam
Asia
South-Eastern Asia

This Circular, consisting of guides the formulation and approval of plans to use the top soil of wet-rice farm land when it is used for another purpose, to improve poor-quality rice farm land and other arable land; and plans to reclaim, restore and improve other rice farm land to offset the area of wet-rice farm land used for another purpose under competent authorities' land allocation or lease decisions. Domestic and foreign organizations and persons (investors) allocated or leased by the State wet-rice firm land for non-agricultural use.

Ministerial Decree No. 1056 of 1999 regarding the validation of the Statute of the Federal Committee on Land Policy.

Regulations
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

This Decree validates the Statute of the Federal Committee on Land Policy. Federal Committee on Land Policy (GOSKOMZEM) is the Federal Authority that coordinates interministerial activity of the issues pertaining to the sphere of land relationship, functional regulation in this field, including the keeping up of land cadastre, valuation of land, land survey , state control over the use of land and the soil protection. Federal Committee on Land Policy has its local (territorial) branches at the regional level.

Ley Nº 5.446 – Políticas públicas para mujeres rurales.

Legislation
Paraguay
Americas
South America

La presente Ley tiene como objetivo general promover y garantizar los derechos económicos, sociales, políticos y culturales de las mujeres rurales, para alcanzar su empoderamiento y desarrollo. Se entiende por mujer rural a la mujer cuyos medios de vida e ingresos están directa o indirectamente relacionados con la agricultura, la ganadería, artesanía u otra actividad productiva que se desarrolle en el ámbito rural y que se encuentre en situación de vulnerabilidad social, económica y cultural.

Agricultural Land Settlement Act [Chapter 20:01].

Legislation
Zimbabwe
Africa
Eastern Africa

The Act makes provision for the Agricultural Land Settlement Board and for the lease of agricultural land by public authorities in the framework of development of agriculture and the control on the use of land.The 53 sections of this Act are divided into 7 Parts: Preliminary (I); Agricultural Land Settlement Board (II); Functions of the Board (IIa); Land Settlement (III); Control and Occupation of Agricultural Land (IV); Agricultural Land Settlement Appeal Board (V); General (VI).The Agricultural Land Settlement Board shall consider and report on all applications for leases of holdings in t

Rural Land Act [Chapter 20:18].

Legislation
Zimbabwe
Africa
Eastern Africa

This Act concerns rural land. The Act consists of 15 sections divided into 4 Parts: Preliminary (I); Acquisition and Alienation of State Land (II); Occupation of Land by Person Other Than Owner Not Involving Subdivision (III); General (IV).Communal land and other specified types of land are excluded from the operation of this Act (sect. 3). Section 5 provides for the acquisition of land by the State; section 6 for the alienation of State land.

Nitrates Action Programme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. No. 369 of 2015).

Regulations
United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe

These Regulations amend the Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 in regard to penalties and the measures concerning land management and record keeping. Regulation 22 is amended to include all crops other than grass and use of appropriate measures when a subsequent crop cannot be sown (measures to prevent erosion of the soil). Regulation 23 is amended to remove restrictions applying only to late harvested crops. Regulation 30 is amended to make non-compliance with Regulations 22 and 24 an offence without a reasonable excuse.

European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 610 of 2010).

Regulations
Ireland
Europe
Northern Europe

These Regulations provide, for purposes of implementation of the give effect to Irelands Second Nitrates Action Programme, rules relative to good agricultural practice to protect waters against pollution from agricultural sources and prescribe measures for these purposes, including: periods when land application of fertilizers is prohibited; limits on the land application of fertilizers; storage requirements for livestock manure; and monitoring of the effectiveness of the measures in terms of agricultural practice and impact on water quality.