Decree-Law No. 64/2018 establishing the Statute of Family Farming.

This Decree-Law, consisting of 12 articles, establishes the Statute of Family Farming. The Statute aims to pursue the following objectives: a) Recognize and distinguish the specificity of Family Farming in its various dimensions: economic, territorial, social and environmental; b) Promote appropriate public policies; c) Promote and enhance local production and improve their marketing networks; d) Promote sustainable agriculture by encouraging the improvement of production systems and methods; e) Contribute to fight the desertification of the inland territories; f) Give Family Farming a strategic value to be taken into account, in particular in the priorities of national and European agricultural policies; g) Promote greater equity in the granting of incentives and production conditions to family agricultural holdings. The title recognizing the Statute shall be granted to the responsible of the agricultural holding meeting specific requirements.