Instituto Nacional de Tierras
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Instituto Nacional de Tierras (INTI, National Land Institute) is one of the Venezuelan governmental organizations overseeing the land distribution program (Mission Zamora
). INTI is charged with identifying fallow plots of land, which via eminent domain
it can buy from the owners. After acquiring the land, INTI gives land-use rights (cartas agrarias) to other farmers. Those farmers have the right to pass the land as an inheritance, but they do not own it and cannot sell it. The tenant farmer
s are often organized into cooperatives (Fundos Zamoranos), with the assistance of Mission Vuelvan Caras
). In addition, INTI identifies underused land and taxes landowners who are not producing enough. Mission Vuelta al Campo
is also run by INTI.
The underlying legal framework draws on Article 307 of the 1999 Constitution of Venezuela
as well as subsequent laws, including the 2001 Ley de Tierras y Desarrollo Agrario (LTDA), Law of Land and Agricultural Development.
Mission Zamora
Mission Zamora is an integrated land reform and land redistribution program in Venezuela, created in law by the Ley de Tierras , part of a package of 49 decrees made by Hugo Chávez in November 2001...
). INTI is charged with identifying fallow plots of land, which via eminent domain
Eminent domain
Eminent domain , compulsory purchase , resumption/compulsory acquisition , or expropriation is an action of the state to seize a citizen's private property, expropriate property, or seize a citizen's rights in property with due monetary compensation, but without the owner's consent...
it can buy from the owners. After acquiring the land, INTI gives land-use rights (cartas agrarias) to other farmers. Those farmers have the right to pass the land as an inheritance, but they do not own it and cannot sell it. The tenant farmer
Tenant farmer
A tenant farmer is one who resides on and farms land owned by a landlord. Tenant farming is an agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management; while tenant farmers contribute their labor along with at times varying...
s are often organized into cooperatives (Fundos Zamoranos), with the assistance of Mission Vuelvan Caras
Mission Vuelvan Caras
Vuelvan Caras , is one of the Bolivarian Missions, a series of anti-poverty and social welfare programs implemented by Hugo Chávez, current President of Venezuela...
). In addition, INTI identifies underused land and taxes landowners who are not producing enough. Mission Vuelta al Campo
Mission Vuelta al Campo
Mission Vuelta al Campo is one of the Bolivarian Missions implemented by current Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez...
is also run by INTI.
The underlying legal framework draws on Article 307 of the 1999 Constitution of Venezuela
Constitution of Venezuela
||The Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is the current and twenty-sixth constitution of Venezuela. It was drafted in mid-1999 by a constitutional assembly that had been created by popular referendum. Adopted in December 1999, it replaced the 1961 Constitution - the longest...
as well as subsequent laws, including the 2001 Ley de Tierras y Desarrollo Agrario (LTDA), Law of Land and Agricultural Development.