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Agrarianreform-Economics Part 1
Agrarianreform-Economics Part 1
Agrarianreform-Economics Part 1
AGRARIAN
REFORM
CONCEPTS
ASPECTS OF AGRARIAN REFORM
IMPLEMENTATION OF AGRARIAN
REFORM
COMPARATIVE AGRARIAN REFORM
PROGRAMS
AGRARIAN REFORM AND BALANCED
DEVELOPMENT
A. CONCEPT
Meaning of Production
Structure
Production structure is a concept which
relates to the nature, type and modus
operandi as well as the actual process of
production or farm operation.
It is also directly related to the size,
location and shape of the production unit
holding, which may be operated singly or
with assistance from others.
Examples of Production
Structures Distinguished
The following would fall under production reform
measures:
1. Consolidation of small, uneconomic holdings to
insure optimum utilization
2. Imposition of a floor on holdings of uneconomic
size beyond which subdivision is to be prevented
3. Promotion of cooperative or compact farming
among sub marginal farmers
4. imposition of a ceiling on holdings of noncultivating owners
5. Organization of crop rotation system
Meaning of Structure of
Supporting Services
The structure of supporting services is a
concept which involves matters like credit,
marketing, the supplying of agricultural
requisites, processing, storage, etc. and other
technical assistance bearing on reforms of
tenure and production structures.
B. ASPECTS OF
AGRARIAN
REFORM
Socio-cultural Aspect of
Agrarian Reform
1. Agrarian reform, a multifaceted program.
2. Assumptions about Filipino tenant farmers.
To mention only the relevant ones, these are, namely:
a. The tenancy problem has its roots in pre-Spanish
and Spanish pasts. It is, therefore, a centuries old
problem;
b. deeply rooted in history, the tenancy system
created a kind of tenants who are strongly traditional
and highly dependent-minded; and
d.
C.IMPLEMENTATIO
N OF AGRARIAN
REFORM
D. COMPARATIVE
AGRARIAN
REFORM
PROGRAMS
E. AGRARIAN
REFORM AND
BALANCED
DEVELOPMENT