Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2000-2010)

The Arroyo administration's agricultural reform policy is guided by the idea of "making
the countryside economically viable for the Filipino family by fostering partnerships and
promoting social fairness and new economic opportunities in the pursuit of lasting peace and
sustainable rural development." DAR will continue to work hard to implement the CARP's land
acquisition and distribution component. Land allocation and leasing will help the DAR enhance
the land tenure system.
CARP comprises a package of support services, including credit assistance, extension
services, irrigation facilities, roads and bridges, marketing facilities, and training and technical
support programs, in addition to the distribution of lands. DAR will turn agrarian reform
communities (ARCs), which are areas focused on and integrated delivery of support services,
into rural economic zones that will assist create jobs in the countryside.
In addition, the KALAHI Agrarian Reform (KAR) Zones were established. These zones are
made up of one or more municipalities with a high concentration of ARC residents in order to
boost agricultural productivity. DAR will recruit more paralegal officers to support understaffed
adjudicatory boards and implement a quota system to push adjudicators to work quicker on
agrarian reform cases to help reduce the backlog. Farmers' and landowners' rights will be
respected by DAR.

Benigno Aquino III (Noynoy Aquino) (2010-2016)

During his 2012 State of the Nation Address, President Benigno Aquino III promised that
he will finish the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Policy (CARP), the cornerstone program of his
mother, President Corazon Aquino's administration, by the conclusion of his term. In Tarlac, the
younger Aquino dispersed their family's Hacienda Luisita. Aside from the aforementioned farm
lots, he committed to finish the distribution of privately held lands of productive agricultural
estates throughout the country that had evaded the program's scope.
The Agricultural Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support Services
(ARCCESS) initiative was established under his presidency to help achieve the overarching aim
of rural poverty reduction, particularly in agrarian reform regions. The Agrarian Production
Credit Program (APCP) offered credit support for crop production to newly created and existing
agrarian reform beneficiaries' organizations (ARBOs) and farmers' groups who were not eligible
for loans via traditional bank credit windows.
The Legal Case Monitoring System (LCMS) was also launched, which is a web-based legal
system for registering and monitoring various types of agricultural cases at the DAR's provincial,
regional, and central offices to enable speedier resolution and careful monitoring of agrarian-
related matters. Aquino also signed Executive Order No. 26, Series of 2011, mandating the
development of a National Greening Program in collaboration with other government agencies
by the Department of Agriculture-Department of Environment and Natural Resources-
Department of Agrarian Reform Convergence Initiative.

Rodrigo Roa Duterte (2016-Present)

Under his leadership, the President plans to undertake a "aggressive" land reform
program that prioritizes the provision of support services with land distribution to benefit
impoverished Filipino farmers. Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, the President
authorized the DAR to begin the second phase of agrarian reform, in which landless farmers
would be allocated undistributed lands.
Duterte intends to agrarian reform practically all public lands, including military
reserves. In Boracay, the President also put 400 hectares of agricultural land under CARP. Under
his leadership, the DAR established an anti-corruption task force to examine and manage
accusations of alleged irregular activity by agency officials and workers.
To expedite the implementation of CARP, the Department also pursues a "Oplan Zero Backlog"
in the determination of cases relating to agricultural justice delivery of the agrarian reform
program.