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Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program of 1988
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program of 1988
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program of 1988
AGRARIAN REFORM
PROGRAM
OF
1988
Submitted by:
Vengco, Charlotte P.
II – BDCET
Submitted to:
Mrs. Ueseni Gabriel
For a long period of time the agrarian system of Philippines was being controlled by the
large landlords. The small farmers in Philippines were struggling for their rights to land
and other natural resources.
What is AGRARIAN?
It refers to cultivated land or cultivation of land.
A person who advocates redistribution of landed property, especially as part of
social movement.
What is LAND REFORM?
refers to the full range of measures that may or should be taken to improve or
remedy the defect in the relations among men with the respect to the rights in
the use of land.
What is AGRARIAN REFORM?
According to Section III of Republic Act No. 6657, agrarian reform means
redistribution of lands, regardless of crops or fruits produced, to farmers and
regular farmworkers who are landless, irrespective of tenurial arrangement, to
include the totality of factors and support services designed to lift the economic
status of the beneficiaries and all other arrangements alternative to the physical
redistribution of lands, such as production or profit-sharing, labor administration,
and the distribution of shares of stocks, which will allow beneficiaries to receive a
just share of the fruits of the lands they work.
Under the Magsaysay and the Macapagal administrations, land reform was again
tackled, such as the Mindanao resettlement program and the Land Reform Act of 1955.
but no significant results were really achieved in terms of scope and magnitude of land
transfer. With martial law, the whole Philippines was declared a land reform area under
PD 27. Significant progress was made, but the continued practice of the share tenancy
system, coverage limitation to rice and corn lands, the many exemptions allowed and
the shortcomings in support systems (although it was Marcos who set up the new
Agrarian Reform Department) did much to limit the effectivity of the reforms in
addressing the over-concentration of wealth problem and rural poverty.
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL (1961 – 1965)
He was considered as the “Father of Agrarian Reform”.
It was during his term that Agricultural Land Reform Code or R.A. No. 3844 was
enacted. This was considered to be the most comprehensive piece of agrarian
reform legislation ever enacted in the country that time.
Scope of CARP
The ownership or control of about 10.3 million hectares of agricultural land,
representing about one-third of the total land area of the Philippines, shall be transferred
over a ten-year period to an estimated 3.9 million beneficiaries.
Lands Covered by CARP
all alienable and disposable lands of the public domain devoted to or suitable to
agriculture;
all lands of the public domain in excess of the specific limits as determined by
Congress;
all other lands owned by the government devoted to or suitable to agriculture;
and
all private lands devoted to or suitable to agriculture regardless of the agricultural
products raised or that can be raised therein. (Section 4, RA 6657)
Lands Not Covered by CARP
those which are not suitable for agriculture, and those which are classified as
mineral, forest, residential, commercial or industrial land;
those which have been classified and approved as non-agricultural prior to 15
June 1988 as ruled under Department of Justice Opinion No. 44, Series of 1990;
those which are exempt pursuant to Sec. 10, RA 6657;
those which are devoted to poultry, swine, or livestock raising as of June 15,
1988 pursuant to the Supreme Court ruling on Luz Farms vs. The Honorable
Secretary of Agrarian Reform (G.R. No. 86339, 4 December 1990); and
those which are retained by the landowner (not covered insofar as land
acquisition and distribution but covered with respect to other provisions,
particularly leasehold)
Lands Exempted by CARP Coverage
Lands actually, directly, and exclusively used and found to be necessary for
parks, wildlife, forest reserves, reforestation, fish sanctuaries and breeding
grounds, watersheds and mangroves, national defense, school sites and
campuses including experimental farm stations operated by public or private
schools for education purposes, seeds and seedlings research and pilot
production centers, church sites and convents appurtenant thereto, mosque sites
and Islamic centers appurtenant thereto, communal burial grounds and
cemeteries, penal colonies and penal farms actually worked by the inmates, and
government and private research and quarantine centers; and
Lands with eighteen percent (18%) slope and over, except those already
developed as of 15 June 1988. (Sec. 10, RA 6657)
DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM (DAR)
the lead implementing agency of CARP.
undertakes land tenure improvement and development of program beneficiaries.
conducts land survey in resettlement areas.
undertakes land acquisition and distribution and land management studies.
orchestrates the delivery of support services to farmer-beneficiaries and;
promotes the development of viable agrarian reform communities
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