Group Work (GW#4)

Baguio, Samantha Faye

Cangco, Cedric

Corbe, Matthew Raphael

Custodio, John Ronald

Francisco, Jerold

Kotani, Kenji

Sobrepena, Kim Miguel

Suarez, Kyle Anrie

Tuason, Jaime Rodolfo

Valiente, John Remuel

BM1 – Mapua University

GED103 – Readings in Philippine History

Ms. Josephine Tuliao

September 24, 2021

Investigating the Agrarian Reform Issue
Instructions: Interview six people (three from each side) about what they see as a problem or
hindrances to the full implementation of agrarian reform and what solutions they can recommend
for these. List down your significant observations and synthesize the interviewees’ remarkable
responses.
Side 1: A tenant who cultivates another person’s agricultural land.
Side 2: An owner of an agricultural land that is tilled by a tenant.
Tenant
1. Farmers from Kaisahan Tungo
Background information on sa Kaunlaran ng Kanayunan at
Repormang Pansakahan
the interviewees (KAISAHAN)
2. Cathy Estavillo, Secretary
(Name, place, age, no. of General of Amihan Women,
representative of farmer-
years being a tenant/landlord)
tenants.
3. Melchor Deinla, Ticao island
Masbate, 64 years old, 32
years being a tenant.
1. Farmers-tenants are subjected
to human rights breaches by
the government, which owns
their property. They also see
the consequences of poor
agricultural reform
implementation. They are also
confronted by the revocation
of their Certificate of Land
Ownership (CLOA).
2. Farmers were denied access to
Major Problems their crops, resulting in a loss
of revenue and starvation.
Farmers who are tenants on
government-owned farms have
not received government
assistance since the outbreak
of COVID-19. They are facing
the prospect of losing a source
of revenue due to the proposed
land use shift.
3. Mr. Deinla is one of 137
farmers that are eligible for
agricultural benefits. Deinla
should have gotten his
Landlord
1. Joselito Lucas from Victoria,
Tarlac. His parents owned a
small-scale farming land,
which he inherited at the age
of 48; he became a landlord
for almost 21 years.
2. Roberto Palomo, Licab, Nueva
Ecija, 20 years of being
Landlord.
3. “The impact of Agrarian
Reform on the Landowners”
by Gilberto Llanto and
Dingcong
1. Mr. Lucas claims that
compensation payments are
still being delayed for an
extended period despite the
passage of time. Another issue
is the lack of government
incentives and support for
landowners in industrialization
and other investment
opportunities.
2. Mr. Palomo's issues as a
landlord are numerous,
particularly the government's
lack of assistance when natural
disasters strike. Typhoons
Ulysses and Rolly, he claims,
have wreaked havoc on their
rice farm, wiping off nearly all
of their crops. Furthermore, in
terms of the government's
response to the disaster, they
claim that support is weak and
did not aid recoup their losses
from the loss of the field.
3. Landowner incentives are
lacking, making it challenging
to invest earnings from
agrarian reform in developing
industries, create jobs, and
facilitate public sector firms'
 hacienda portion in 1994, but
the landowner has applied to
be excluded from CARP
coverage. Deinla may soon be
without a house and a farm, as
thousands of farmworkers
across Masbate and the rest of
the country have experienced.
privatization. Cash portions or
cash flow were also
insufficient to entice
landowners to participate in
the burgeoning sector. The
help provided to landowners
for other investment
alternatives was also deemed
to be inadequate. There were
also delays in compensation
payments.

1. A structured, national registry

1. Mr. Lucas and other
of installed and uninstalled
landowners and renters in
Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
Kaisahan Tungo sa Kaunlaran
(ARBs) can aid in the
ng Kanayunan at Repormang
monitoring of program
Pansakahan (KAISAHAN) are
beneficiaries. The Department
requesting an up-to-date
of Agrarian Reform (DAR),
nationwide inventory of
which is executing CARP,
Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
should provide confidence to
(ARBs) for better monitoring
the farmers from KAISAHAN
and more significant
by providing security and
incentives than they now
safety.
receive. Finally, they
anticipate financial support in
2. Some non-government
the event of natural disasters
Possible Remedies organizations should propose
and calamities.
plans to monitor the farmers
affected by the crisis and give
2. Mr. Palomo offers some
aids to them that can be
remedies to the problem, such
utilized for a long time.
as being a member of the
Academic councils can give
Samahan ng Magsasaka ng
suggestions using proposals
Nueva Ecija. This non-
that can replace the supposed
government group works to
land-use conversion and
assist landlords and renters in
benefit the farmers who run
upgrading and enhancing their
the agriculture in the country.
lands. Another alternative he
Programs that can preserve
proposed was alternating
agricultural lands can help
cropping, which included rice
sustain the food supply and
crops and corn, calamansi, and
economy of the Philippines.
other crops, which helped him
recoup his losses. These
3. There should be a re-
alternate crops also have a
evaluation of the CARP
shorter harvesting period,
because some applications
which helps him dodge
were rejected from the
typhoons.
program, causing the purchase
and distribution of land to be
3. Additional incentives should
delayed or ignored for many
be given to landlords, as well
years.
as more industrialization
alternatives being taught to
them. Finally, assurance that
the payment of compensation
will not be delayed.