POLICIES ON

AGRARIAN REFORM
Social Political Economic Cultural Issues in Philippine History
 LAND REFORM
Redistribution of piece of land to the
farmers from land-owners.

VOCABULARY

AGRARIAN REFORM
Rectification of the whole system of
agriculture.
AGRARIAN REFORM
Agrarian reform is
essentially the rectification
of the whole system of
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agriculture, an important
aspect of the Philippine
economy because nearly
half of the population is
employed in the agricultural
sector, and most citizens
live in rural areas.

RM
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Agrarian reform is centered on the
relationship between production and the
distribution of land among farmers. It is
also focused on the political and economic
Benefits of Agrarian
class character of the relations of
Reform
production and distribution in farming and These include higher farm income and
harvest, improved land ownership, access to
related enterprises, and how these connect market and credit, and reduction of poverty
to the wider class structure. incidence among farmer- beneficiaries.
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AGRARIAN REFORM
Through genuine and comprehensive
agrarian reform, the Philippines would be
able to gain more from its agricultural
potential and uplift the Filipinos in the
agricultural sector, who have been, for the
longest time, suffering in poverty and
discontent.
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AGRARIAN REFORM
In our attempt to understand the
development of agrarian reform
in the Philippines, we turn our
attention to our country's history,
especially our colonial past,
where we could find the root of
the agrarian woes the country
has experienced up to this very
day.
WHAT IS CARP?
•RA6657 OR CARP (COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN
REFORM PROGRAM)
•it is a redistribution of public and private agricultural
lands to farmers or farm workers who are landless,
irrespective of tenurial arrangement.

CARP’S VISION
“is to have equitable land ownership with empowered
Agrarian reform beneficiaries who can effectively
manage their economic and social development to have
a better qualityof life”.
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AGRARIAN REFORM
In our attempt to understand the
development of agrarian reform
in the Philippines, we turn our
attention to our country's history,
especially our colonial past,
where we could find the root of
the agrarian woes the country
has experienced up to this very
day.