Asunción, Agencia IP.- The Head of the National Institute for Rural and Land Development (Indert), Francisco Ruíz Díaz, was officially invited by the representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Paraguay, Iván Felipe León, to share Paraguay’s successful experience in land titling at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.
The FAO highlighted the presentation of the bill to suspend the initial payment for land titling in Paraguay for one year, expressing its satisfaction with the bill, which addresses a challenge faced throughout Latin America: overcoming administrative requirements that hinder the expansion of land titling.
The international organization endorsed the Indert plan, which promotes access to land for farming families in general, and specifically for rural women.
By reducing and simplifying administrative procedures and costs, the possibilities for farming families to access their right to land are increased.
Land tenure breaks the cycle of poverty because it enables people to obtain credit, other financing mechanisms, and services. It is the fundamental basis for rural development, León stated.
The FAO representative in Paraguay also celebrated the government’s policy on mass land titling for rural women. «We reviewed the action plan of an important international project in which Paraguay participates, having been selected by Latin America,» he noted.
The head of Indert, along with his technical team, will participate in a first workshop in May, in Rome, Italy, at the FAO headquarters, to share our country’s successful experience in land titling and to advance in the planning of an action plan.