Description

Agrarian reform is the expression of a constitutional directive to provide restitution for the Filipinos whose families have lived and labored for generations under feudalism.

It is not just a poverty-alleviation program; it aims to abolish feudal dependence by creating a class of independent smallholders.

Despite the long history of land conflicts in the country and the enactment of CARP, the national government and modern democratic institutions have as yet been unable (and, in most cases, unwilling) to resolve the fundamental issues of equitable and sustained access to land.