Comprehensive

Agrarian
Reform Program
Reporters:
Ramos, Sumalde and Verde

Outline
Definition
History
Contributions to the Economy
Programs of the Government
Problems

R.A. No. 6657

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
The redistribution of public and private
agricultural lands to farmers and farm
workers who are landless, irrespective of
tenurial arrangement

Who are entitled for land redistribution:

agricultural lessees and share tenant
regular farmworkers
seasonal farmworkers
other farmworkers
actual tillers or occupants of public lands
collectives or cooperatives of the above beneficiaries
others directly working on the land

Note: No qualified beneficiary may own more than three (3)

hectares of agricultural land.

Land Coverage
All alienable and disposable lands of the public
domain devoted to orsuitable for agriculture
All lands of the public domain in excess of the
specific limits as determined by the congress
All other lands owned by the Government devoted to
or suitable foragriculture
All private lands devoted to or suitable for agriculture
regardless of theagricultural products raised or that
can be raised thereon.

Exemptions and Exclusions

Parks
Wildlife
Forest reserves
Reforestation
Fish sanctuaries and breeding grounds
Watersheds and mangroves

Compensation
In determiningjust compensation, the cost of

acquisition of the land, the current value of the

likeproperties, its nature, actual use and income,
the sworn valuation by the owner, thetax
declarations, and the assessment made by
government assessors shall beconsidered.
The LBP shallcompensate the landowner

Payment
Cash payment
Shares of stock in government-owned or controlled corporations,
Tax credits
LBP bonds

Note: Payment of Compensation by Beneficiaries Under Voluntary Land Transfer.

Direct payments in cash or in kind may be by the farmer-beneficiary to the
landowner under terms to be mutually agreed upon by both parties
Incentives for Voluntary Offers for Sales - additional five percent (5%) cash
payment.

 Seeds and seedlings research and pilot production centers

Church sites and convents (mosque sites and Islamic centers,
communal burial grounds and cemeteries
Penal colonies and penal farms actually worked by the
inmates
Government and private research and quarantine centers and

History
Spanish Time

The process of distribution of lands was done in the form of rewards to the
peasants because of their loyalty and faithful service to the Spanish Crown.

American Time

The church lands were subdivided as a measure of land reform and these
land were sold to the farmers to resolve the peasant unrest.

Macapagal Administration
Land Reform Code Passed in 1963 R.A. No. 3844

Marcos Administration
In 1972 President Marcos decree declaring the whole country as a land
reform area. Tenants were allowed to own through amortization five (5)
hectares of land covering lands planted with rice and/or corn.

Aquino Administration
Implementation of Land Reform program. Signed Executive Order No.
229 (Providing the Mechanism for the Implementation of the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program R.A. No. 6657)

Contributions to the
Economy

 Higher income of farmer-beneficiaries

Robust agricultural growth and productivity
Better distribution of income
Poverty reduction
Industrial growth

Programs of the
Government

The LTI component seeks to secure the tenurial status of the farmers and
farmworkers in the lands they till. This is operationalize either through land
acquisition and distribution (LAD) and leasehold operations

Problems
Funding
Logistics
Support Services
Land Valuation System