Definition of Agrarian Reform

Agrarian Reform is the redistribution of lands to

farmers and regular farm workers who are landless,
irrespective of tenurial arrangements.
A Table on Agrarian History
Period Significance of the Period
Pre-Spanish Period *Land was commonly used
*Production for
self/family/clan
Spanish Period *Feudal System was
introduced
 *Hacienda System
American Period *Left haciendas untouched
*Capitalism was introduced
*Plantation System was
introduced
*Share System was introduced
Commonwealth Era *Rice Tenancy Act (R.A. 4045)
Quezon and Osmeña *Provided 50-50 sharing
between landlord and tenant
Japanese Occupation *Nothing in Japan’s economic
World War II program dealt with agrarian
reform
*The war was a golden
 opportunity for peasants to
demonstrate people’s initiative
through HUKBALAHAP
*When the war ended in 1945,
efforts were made by
landowners to reimpose the
traditional agrarian structure
*1946 – HUK/peasant rebellion
Roxas and Quirino *70-30 sharing
Administrations
Magsaysay *Resettlement a centrepiece
Administration program
*National Resettlement and
 Rehabilitation Administration
(NARRA) where there was free
distribution of agricultural
lands to landless tenants and
farmworkers
*Resettlement areas – Isabela,
Palawan and Mindanao
Garcia Administration *Continued Magsaysay’s
campaign
Macapagal *R.A. 3844 – Agricultural Land
Administration Reform Code – abolished share
tenancy to give away to
leasehold
Marcos Land Reform *Hastened implementation of
Program “Operation R.A. 3844
Land Transfer” (OLT) *R.A. 6389 – Land Reform
Code
*R.A. 9390 – funding for land
reform
*PD 1 – Declaration of Martial
Law
*PD 2 – subjecting entire
country to land reform
*PD 27 - decreeing the
emancipation of the tenant
from the bondage of the land
 they till
*Limited the coverage of land
reform to tenanted rice and
corn lands
Aquino Government *R.A. 6657 – Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program
(CARP)
Ramos Administration *R.A. 8532 – extending the
implementation of CARP until
2008
Estrada Administration *Continued CARP
Macapagal-Arroyo *Continued CARP
Administration