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Addressing Agrarian Reform Woes: What is to be done?

Presentation of the Proposed Action Plan

In Partial Fulfillment of the

Requirement for the Macroeconomics
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BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM

Farmers play a vital role in the economy as farming is part of the agricultural industry wherein it is one of the main sources of employment in most rural
communities. According to officialgazette.gov.ph. in section two of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988. “It is the policy of the State to pursue a
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). The welfare of the landless farmers and farmworkers will receive the highest consideration to promote social justice
and to move the nation toward sound rural development and industrialization, and the establishment of owner cultivator ship of economic-size farms as the basis of
Philippine agriculture.” One of the goals of Agrarian Reform is to boost agricultural production and food security. Farmers are the ones who supply us with food. They are
an essential in society since everyone requires sufficient nourishment to live. Farmers come in several forms and they all have equal importance. As we dig deeper about the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988, we will identify the problem/s that affects the successfulness of execution of this law and propose an action plan for a
sustainable development program to solve the problem.
 FACTORS AFFECTING AGRARIAN REFORM

1. Strong Landowner resistance

2. Farmer-beneficiaries cannot till their lands due to lack of resources.

3. Violence against land claimants.

4. Unclear and inconsistent Land Policies

7. Inefficient Land Administration infrastructure

8. A highly politicized land tax system

 THE ACTION PLAN

The table below shows the action plans that could be a solution to this problem that we still have today. Steps of action refers to the steps that are needed to

fulfill the action while Sub-actions refers to multiple actions that are not connected by procedure but will be beneficial for the action if those are executed.

Action Steps of Action/Sub-Actions Time Frame (Estimated)

Slow land 5-10 YEARS

1.Conduct a thorough analysis of the existing
Create a new system that will be
Distribution tasked to distribute the land land distribution system and identify the
bottleneck areas that hinder the distribution
process.

a) Identify and evaluate the existing land

distribution system

2. Develop a transparent and efficient land

distribution system that ensures fair
distribution of land to the deserving people.

a) Develop a new land distribution system that

promotes slow land distribution

3. Ensure that the distribution process is well

documented and monitored using modern
technology.

a) Monitor the progress of the distribution

process using modern technology.
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Direct government subsidies ∙ 1. Government Reorientation 2years and above
Subsidies
a) By reorienting its public expenditure
programs.

b) Promote research and development to boost

long-term productivity.

2. Government checking

a) By asking farmers what they needed to produce

products faster.

b) Know what problem they are facing and come up

with the solution.
Environmental ∙Lack of commitment to 1. Reducing energy consumption 5-10 YEARS
environmental sustainability
sustainability
a) Reducing our overall demand for
energy, by using less energy to produce
the same product or service.
2. Partnering with environmentally
sustainable organizations
a) By using products that reduce our
reliance on natural resources.
Promoting REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE to better
manage waste.
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Inappropriate land Delegate competent people in the 1. Create a research team that will assess land value 1 year and up
valuation sector tasked to assess the value of the
land (researchers, geo-scientists, 2. Prohibit the transformation of agricultural land to
scholars)
commercial use

3. Improvement of farm to market roads to revitalize

the agricultural activities of the farmers

 CONCLUSION

There is no doubt that the agrarian reform in our country can be improved and be implemented effectively. This action plan
addresses the most basic of problems that people who will benefit from the agrarian reform usually experience in pursuit of the lands
promised by CARP. As we believe that agriculture is still relevant to our economy, we should reciprocate by intensifying the
implementation of the agrarian reform in order to give to our farmers what they truly deserve. Our farmers are living less compared to the
farmers in our neighboring countries which is really unacceptable for they are doing the same job. We can elevate the status of our
farmers if we emphasize the importance of their role in the society as well as the economy and we can do so if the government starts to
acknowledge them by starting with the proper distribution of lands, subsidizing the production of their crops, ensuring there is an
environmental sustainability plan and proper assessment of lands that are being planned to be distributed.