1. What is the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program of the government? Explain.

CARP or named formally as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program that the government implemented tends to
escalate the agricultural productivity the development of equity as well as the overall growth and development of the rural peasant
population. The main goals of it are to provide landowners equality in terms of income and opportunities, empower land owner
beneficiaries to have equitable land ownership, enhance agricultural production and productivity, provide employment to more
agricultural workers, and put an end to conflicts regarding land ownership. CARP covered all public and private agricultural lands
regardless of the crops planted. It also included public domain lands that were suitable for agriculture. It sought to redistribute land
not only to farmers and farm workers but also to other landless poor. There is also CARPER which on the other hand is the program
extension with reforms which extends the deadline of distributing agriculture lands to farmers agrarian reform as far right as in land
reform a girl uniform doesn't only mean securing farm lands for landless farmers but it also encompasses all programs designed to
bring about improvement in all the institutions surrounding farm life this means remedying not only the defect in the distribution and
use of land but also and especially the accompanying human relations regarding land including economic social and political
relations it is concerned not only with the farmer and the land heaters but also with community he lives in.

2. Enumerate and give a description of laws enacted by Congress about land tenancy (cite at least 2 laws) under the following
administrations:

Presidents Laws Enacted Description

 Established the 70-30 sharing arrangements and regulating share-

 Republic Act No. 34 tenancy contract
Manuel Roxas
 Republic Act No. 55  Provided for a more effective safeguard against arbitrary ejectment
of tenants.

 On October 23, 1950 -- Replaced the National Land Settlement

Administration with Land Settlement Development Corporation
Elpidio Quirino  Executive Order No. 355 (LASEDECO) which takes over the responsibilities of the Agricultural
Machinery Equipment Corporation and the Rice and Corn
Production Administration.

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  This R.A governed the relationship between landowners and tenant
farmers by organizing share-tenancy and leasehold system. The law
 Republic Act No. 1199
provided the security of tenure of tenants. It also created the Court
(Agricultural Tenancy Act of
of Agrarian Relations.
Ramon Magsaysay 1954)
 Created the Land Tenure Administration (LTA) which was
 Republic Act No. 1400 (Land
responsible for the acquisition and distribution of large tenanted rice
Reform Act of 1955)
and corn lands over 200 hectares for individuals and 600 hectares
for corporations.

 Abolished the LASEDECO and established the National

Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration (NARRA) to resettle
Carlos Garcia dissidents and landless farmers. It was particularly aimed at rebel
(Continued the program of President  Republic Act No. 1160 of 1954 returnees providing home lots and farmlands in Palawan and
Ramon Magsaysay. No new legislation  Republic Act No. 821. Mindanao.
passed.)  Creation of Agricultural Credit Cooperative Financing Administration
which provided for the small farmers and share tenants loans with
low interest rates of six to eight percent.

 This R.A abolished shared tenancy, institutionalized leasehold, set

retention limit at 75 hectares, invested rights of pre-emption and
 Republic Act No. 3844 of
redemption for tenant farmers, provided for an administrative
Diosdado Macapagal August 8, 1963 (Agricultural
machinery for implementation, institutionalized a judicial system of
Land Reform Code
agrarian cases, incorporated extension, marketing and supervised
credit system of services of farmer beneficiaries.

Ferdinand Marcos  Republic Act No. 6389, (Code  Both of this R.A created the Department of Agrarian Reform and the
of Agrarian Reform) and RA Agrarian Reform Special Account Fund. It strengthens the position
No. 6390 of 1971 of farmers and expanded the scope of agrarian reform.
 Presidential Decree No. 27.  This was passed on October 21, 1972, it implements the restriction
of land reform scope to tenanted rice and corn lands and set the
retention limit at 7 hectares.

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 Executive Order No. 129-A
Corazon Aquino
 Executive Order No. 405.
 This was passed on July 26, 1987 which streamlined and expanded
the power and operations of the DAR or Department of Agrarian
Reform.
 Passed on June 14, 1990 that vested in the Land Bank of the
Philippines the responsibility to determine land valuation and
compensation for all lands covered by CARP

 Limits the type of lands that may be converted by setting conditions

under which limits the type of lands that may be converted by setting
Fidel Ramos  Executive Order No. 363, 1997 conditions under which specific categories of agricultural land are
either absolutely non-negotiable for conversion or highly restricted
for conversion.

 Implemented on September 1999 (Farmer’s Trust Fund) which

allowed the voluntary consolidation of small farm operation into
Joseph Estrada  Executive Order N0. 151.
medium and large scale integrated enterprise that can access long-
term capital.

 It is for extending the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

(CARP) for another five years.
 Republic Act 9700  This was implemented to help clear the backlog of agrarian cases,
Gloria Arroyo DAR will hire more paralegal officers to support undermanned
 Agrarian Justice adjudicatory boards and introduce quota system to compel
adjudicators to work faster on agrarian reform cases. DAR will
respect the rights of both farmers and landowners.

Benigno Aquino III  Executive Order No. 26, Series  It is to mandate the Department of Agriculture-Department of
of 2011 Environment and Natural Resources-Department of Agrarian Reform
Convergence Initiative to develop a National Greening Program in
cooperation with other government agencies.

Rodrigo Duterte  Executive Order No.75 s. 2019  Directing all departments, bureaus, offices and instrumentalities of

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 the government to identify lands owned by the government devoted
to or suitable for agriculture for distribution to qualified beneficiaries.

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