AGRARIAN REFORM

POLICIES
Cristine C. Mamaradlo
Erika Mae D. Mendoza
Marjorie S. Menor
 WHAT IS AGRARIAN
LAND REFORMREFORM?
- change in the system of land
ownership.
AGRARIAN - cultivated land or cultativation of
land.
REFORM - changing a process or an act to achieve
improvements.
AGRARIAN REFORM - is considered broader
than land reform. It is the rectification of the whole
system of agriculture.
 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 arrangement.”
 PURPOSE AGRARIAN
REFORM
The agrarian reform program is
founded on the right of farmers
and regular farmworkers, who are
landless, to own directly
collectively the lands they till or, in
the case of other farm workers, to
recieve a just share of the fruits
thereof.
OBJECTIVES of AGRARIAN
REFORM
 The main objective was to put an end to
conflicts pertaining to land ownership.

 Aims to bring stability in the political set of

the country.

 Aims to promote equality in terms of

opportunities, income as well as wealth.
 ASPECTS OF AGRARIAN
REFORM
1. Economic 4. Moral

2. Socio Cultural 5. Legal

3. Religious 6. Political
1. ECONOMIC ASPECTS
 The Philippine economy relies on
agriculture and it is one of the most
important component.
 Agrarian reform is an instrument for

1. Increasing agricultural production and

productivity
2. Solving unemployment.
2. SOCIO CULTURAL ASPECTS
 Agrarian Reform leads to self-
realiance, self-esteem, dignity, and
improved the quality of life of the
farmers.
 In the social sector, it is also
reduces the inequality in income,
wealth. and chances in life.
3. RELIGIOUS ASPECTS
 Based on the biblical teachings, God is
the owner of the earth and that he made it
for all of his children especially the food.
 Vatican II Decree - stresses and reaffirms
that in the bible it was written that all have
the right to having the share of earthly
goods sufficient for oneself and one’s
family belongs to everyone.
 4. MORAL ASPECTS
 Agrarian reform is established as many
sees the need for a just distribution of
agricultural lands to landless farmers.
 Another reason for agrarian reform is the
fact that the land-owner has been more
than compensated for his investment on
land, while the tenant who made the
landlorad’s profit possible is still immersed
in poverty.
 5. LEGAL ASPECTS
 Based on constitutional mandates:
1. Art II Sec 10 promote social justice in all phases of
national development
2. Art II Sec 21 promote comprehensive rural
development and agrarian reform
3. Art XIII Sec 2 affford full protection labor and
promote equal work opportunities; and
4. Art XIII Sec 4-10 undertake an agrarian reform
program as well as housing programs for homeless
citizens.
6. POLITICAL ASPECTS
 Agrarian reform is a top priority of
the government and of almost every
Philippine president.
What is the History of
Agrarian Reform?
PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD (1565-1898)

• Before the Spaniards came to the

Philippines, Filipinos lived in the villages
or barangays ruled by chiefs or datus.

• Before, everyone had access to the fruits

of the soil. Money was unknown, and rice
served as the meduim of exchange.
 SPANISH ERA (1521-1896)

• Land ownership started

• When the Spaniards came to the

Philippines, the colonial government
introduced a Pueblo agriculture (a system
wherein native rural communities is given
hectares to cultivate)
 AMERICAN REGIME

• When the United States occupied the

Philippines, they purchased lands for
distribution to tenants. However, because
of high prices, most of these went to the
rich people. Thus, peasants uprised.
 JAPANESE ERA

• During this era, peasants and the workers

organized the HUKBALAHAP (Hukbong
Bayan Laban sa mga Hapon) on March
29, 1942 as an anti-Japanese group.
GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
ON AGRARIAN REFORM
 PRESIDENT
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
• Considered as the Father of Agrarian
Reform because it was during his term
that the Agricultural Land Reform Code or
RA No. 3844 was enacted on August 8,
1963.
 PRESIDENT
FERDINAND MARCOS
• Pres. Ferdinand Marcos signed Republic
Act No. 6389 or the Code of Agrarian
Reform which created the Department of
Agrian Reform (DAR)
• He also signed Presidential Decree No.
27 which provided tenanted lands devoted
to rice and corn to pass ownership to the
tenants and lowered the ceiling for
landholding to seven hectares.
 PRESIDENT
CORAZON AQUINO
• In 1988, Pres. Aquino signed Republic Act
No. 6657, popularly known as the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
or CARP. It is also known as the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law
(CARL)
 WHAT IS THE ROLE OF
AGRARIAN REFORM IN THE
PHILIPPINE
DEVELOPMENT?
 THE ROLE OF AGRARIAN
REFORM IN THE PHILIPINE
•
DEVELOPMENT
Agrarian Reform has helped to improve the socio-economic
conditions of landless farmers and the Philippines’ political
development by involving the landless in policymaker and
distributing large private landholdings to the landless.
• Agrarian Reform helped to alleviate unemployment and
increase agricultural production and productivity.
• Agrarian Reform in the Philippines also helps in addressing the
centuries-old problem of rural landlessness.
 THE ROLE OF AGRARIAN
REFORM IN THE PHILIPINE
DEVELOPMENT
Agrarian Reform also
• PROTECT farmers and ensure their
security of tenure.
• PROMOTE farmer’s rights and welfare.
• HELP ENSURE food security.
 CONCLUSION:
There is no doubt that Agrarian Reform will
continuosly aims to provide less inconvenience for
former landless farmers, promote social equity and
justice, as welll as strengthening food security and
gradually alleviating poverty in the threee main
island of the Philippines. Thus, it is crucial in the
Philippines Development.