- Known as R.A.

6657

- Signed by President
Corazon Aquino on
June 10,1988
- is the redistribution of public
and private agricultural lands
to farmers and farmworkers
who are landless, irrespective
of tenurial arrangement.
-Agricultural Land Reform Code
(RA 3844) was an advancement
of land reform in the Philippines
and was enacted in 1963 under
President Diosdado Macapagal.
-Agricultural Land Reform Code
(RA 3844) was an advancement
of land reform in the Philippines
and was enacted in 1963 under
President Diosdado Macapagal.
-Agricultural Land Reform Code
(RA 3844) was an advancement
of land reform in the Philippines
and was enacted in 1963 under
President Diosdado Macapagal.
- It abolished tenancy and
established a leasehold system in
which farmers paid fixed rentals
to landlords, rather than a
percentage of harvest.
 - The acts suffered from lack of
administrative and financial
support and strong political
opposition.

- By 1971, less than a fourth had

written contracts with fixed rents
registered with the governments
Presidential Decree No. 2,
September 26, 1972 -- Declared
the country under land reform
program. It also activated the
Agrarian Reform Coordinating
Council.
Presidential Decree No. 27,
October 21, 1972 -- Restricted land
reform scope to tenanted rice and
corn lands and set the retention
limit at 7 hectares.
- DAR issues and distributes
certificates of land transferring
titles to former tenants.
- Tenants with 7 heactares will
be exempted from land
transfer
- Landlords opposition
remains a major obstacle

- Incomplete records and

land titles
- Under Proclamation No. 131
and Executive Order No. 229
all private and public
enumerated will be covered
by CARP
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