The MAPAMA will publish in April a Manual of Shared Ownership of Farms

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA) plans to publish a Manual of Shared Ownership of Farms in April, as was advanced in the second meeting of the working group on Shared Ownership, held on March 21st. With the participation of representatives of the autonomous communities, in this meeting the works carried out for this purpose were exposed. The guide includes an analysis by autonomous communities, a description of the process of registration in shared ownership and a block of frequently asked questions. It is aimed both at people interested in knowing the requirements necessary to register in a shared ownership, as well as at the managers and administrations involved in the process.

The strategy of Rural Modernization and Diversification has as one of its fundamental pillars to reinforce the role of women in the agri-food and forestry sector. For this, the Ministry of Agriculture has promoted a series of actions with the objective of analyzing the needs of this group and recognize the key role played by women in the territorial and social balance of the rural environment, as well as in the economic viability of the sector. agrarian.

In this context, the working group on Shared Ownership of Farms has been constituted with the main objective of identifying the administrative obstacles faced by a couple to register their exploitation in this regime, and to start up coordinated with the autonomous communities, the necessary actions to facilitate this process.

Likewise, the working group has the task of analyzing as a whole the content and implementation of the shared ownership law, in order to propose possible actions that improve its results.

In short, we seek the joint generation of new ideas and measures to improve the effectiveness of the aforementioned standard, as a key way to continue advancing in making visible and recognizing the professional activity of women in the agricultural sector.

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The shared ownership law addresses the problem of the lack of economic, professional and social recognition of women’s work, and the absence of conciliation measures in these areas

Therefore, the law seeks to encourage those women who share with men the agrarian tasks, appear as owners of the exploitation, which would facilitate an adequate assessment of the participation of women in the rights and obligations derived from the management of said exploitation. , in conditions of equality.

After seven years of approval of this law, the number of holdings of shared ownership has been increasing, making visible the work in the agricultural sector of women. In this regard, the Shared Ownership working group has among its objectives to propose initiatives to increase the rate of incorporation of holdings into this regime.

Source: MAPAMA