AGRARIAN REFORM
agrarian - cultivated land or cultivation of land
reform - changing a process or an act to achieve
improvement
agrarian reform - is considered broader than land
reform. it is the rectification of the whole system of
agriculture
land reform - is a change in the system of land
ownership
What is Agrarian Reform?
in the comprehensive agrarian reform law of 1988 (r.a.
no. 6657), agrarian reform is defined as "the
redistribution of lands, regardless of crops or fruits
produced, to farmers and regular farm workers who are
landless, irrespective of tenureal arrangements.
PURPOSE OF AGRARIAN REFORM
the agrarian reform program is founded on the right of
farmers and regular farmworkers, who are landless, to
own directly or collectively the lands they till or, in the
case of other farm workers, to receive a just share of
the fruits thereof.
HISTORY OF AGRARIAN REFORM
The Philippine Agrarian Programs Legislation
Development
it is a 100-year history of unfinished reforms after the
colonizers invaded the country.
before the hispanic period, there were no owner -
cultivators only communal lands
Landownership In the Philippines Under Spain
•PUEBLO AGRICULTURE SYSTEM
•ENCOMIENDA SYSTEM
•HACIENDA SYSTEM
DURING THE AMERICANS, THEY IMPLEMENTED:
1. philippine bill 1902 - set the ceiling on the hectares of
private land and corporation
2. land registration of 1902 - private owners through
torrens system
3. public land 1903 - introduced the homestead system
in the philippines
4. cadastal act - survey of land
5. friars land 1904 - lease and sale
JAPANESE OCCUPATION IN THE PHILIPPINES
1. hukbalahap controlled the whole central luzon.
2. peasants earned fixed rental of land.
3. peasants armed themselves and were against the
japanese.
Manuel A. Roxas: Agrarian Program Accomplishments
Republic Act No. 34 -- Established the 70-30 sharing
arrangements and regulating share-tenancy contracts.
Republic Act No. 55 -- Provided for a more effective
safeguard against arbitrary ejectment of tenants
Elpidio R. Quirino: Agrarian Program Accomplishments
Executive Order No. 355 issued on October 23, 1950 –
Replaced the National Land Settlement Administration
with Land Settlement Development Corporation
(LASEDECO)
Ramon F. Magsaysay: Agrarian Program
Accomplishments
Republic Act No. 1199 (Agricultural Tenancy Act of
1954) -- governed the relationship between landowners
and tenant farmers by organizing share-tenancy and
leasehold system.
Republic Act No. 1400 (Land Reform Act of 1955)
Republic Act No. 821 (Creation of Agricultural Credit
Cooperative Financing Administration)
Diosdado P. Macapagal: Agrarian Program
Accomplishments
Republic Act No. 3844 of August 8, 1963 (Agricultural
Land Reform Code) -- Abolished share tenancy,
institutionalized leasehold, set retention limit at 75
hectares, invested rights of preemption and redemption
for tenant farmers, provided for an administrative
machinery for implementation
Ferdinand E. Marcos: Agrarian Program
RA 6389 (CODE OF AGRARIAN REFORM) and RA No.
6390
Department of Agrarian Reform and the Agrarian
Reform Special Account Fund
PD 2 of 1972
Declared the country under land reform program
PD 27 (1972)
Restricted land reform scope to tenanted rice and corn
lands
Rice self-sufficiency program
"Masagana 99"
Corazon C. Aquino: Agrarian Program Accomplishments Benigno S. Aquino: Agrarian Program Accomplishments
Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic
Executive Order No. 228, July 16, 1987 – Declared full Support Services (ARCCESS) project.
ownership to qualified farmer-beneficiaries covered by Agrarian Production Credit Program (APCP) provided
PD 27. credit support for crop production to newly organized
Executive Order No. 229, July 22, 1987 – Provided and existing agrarian reform beneficiaries’ organizations
mechanism for the implementation of the (ARBOs)
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). The legal case monitoring system (LCMS)
Republic Act No. 6657, June 10, 1988 (Comprehensive Executive Order No. 26, Series of 2011
Agrarian Reform Law) – An act which became effective
June 15, 1988 and instituted a comprehensive agrarian GENERALIZATION
reform program to promote social justice and It is true that Philippines is very rich in natural
industrialization providing the mechanism for its resources, however agricultural sector needs more
implementation and for other purposes. attention. Generally, farmers in this country are below
poverty line, thus, it is high time that the practice of
share tenancy must advance to owner-cultivator.
Fidel V. Ramos: Agrarian Program Accomplishments This change will eventually improve the living conditions
Republic Act No. 7881, 1995 – Amended certain of the farmers, as they themselves will become taking
provisions of RA 6657 and exempted fishponds and an active role in social and economic progress.
prawns from the coverage of CARP.
Republic Act No. 7905, 1995 – Strengthened the
implementation of the CARP.
Executive Order No. 363, 1997 – Limits the type of lands
that may be converted by setting conditions under
which specific categories of agricultural land are either
absolutely non-negotiable for conversion or highly
restricted for conversion.
Republic Act No. 8435, 1997 (Agriculture and Fisheries
Modernization Act AFMA) – Plugged the legal loopholes
in land use conversion.
Republic Act 8532, 1998 (Agrarian Reform Fund Bill) –
Provided an additional Php50 billion for CARP and
extended its implementation for another 10 years.

Joseph E. Estrada: Agrarian Program Accomplishments

Initiated the passage of Executive Order 151
Executive Order N0. 151, September 1999 (Farmer’s
Trust Fund)
Launched the Magkabalikat Para sa Kaunlarang Agraryo
or MAGKASAKA.

Gloria M. Arroyo: Agrarian Program Accomplishments

KALAHI ARZone
Republic Act 9700, otherwise known as the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension
with Reforms (CARPer) Bill.