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    The document summarizes the history of agrarian reform policies in the Philippines from the pre-Spanish period to the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Key highlights include the encomienda system under Spanish rule, various acts passed during the American period to regulate land ownership, and the comprehensive agrarian reform programs established under the administrations of Marcos, Aquino, Ramos, Estrada, Arroyo, and Aquino III to redistribute land to farmers. Duterte's agenda focuses on improving land tenure security and raising productivity.

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    The document summarizes the history of agrarian reform policies in the Philippines from the pre-Spanish period to the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Key highlights include the encomienda system under Spanish rule, various acts passed during the American period to regulate land ownership, and the comprehensive agrarian reform programs established under the administrations of Marcos, Aquino, Ramos, Estrada, Arroyo, and Aquino III to redistribute land to farmers. Duterte's agenda focuses on improving land tenure security and raising productivity.

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    AGRARIAN

    REFORM
    POLICIES
    AGRARIAN REFORM
    • Agrarian Reform programs involve the realignment of land
    relationships to meet the interest of the government and the dominant
    class in the society.
    • It is the drastic, planned public intervention aimed at bringing about a
    new structure of access to land that is more adequate to the
    requirements of the socio economic and political system.

    Agrarian Reform vs. Land Reform


    • Agrarian reform invariably involves the restructuring of land
    relationships, hence, it is also referred to as land reform.
    • On the contrary, Ben Cousins (2007) believes that Land Reform is
    concerned with rights in land, and their character, strength and
    distribution, while..
    • Agrarian reform focuses not only on these but on broader sets of
    What are the different
    Agrarian Reform Policies
    of the Philippines?
    Pre-Spanish
    Period
    During this time, the existence
    of social structure was
    prevalent.
    Everyone had the access to the
    fruits of the soil. Rice was the
    medium exchange money was
    not yet known.
    Spanish Period
    Encomendia System
    Land given to Spanish
    conquerors that were loyal to
    the Spanish monarch.
    Encomenderos
    title given to land owners.
    Effects
    1. Encomenderos
    become abusive of
    their power.
    -rent
    American Period
    Philippine Bill of 1902
    -sets the ceilings on hectarage of private
    individuals to 16 hectares, and 1024 hectares
    for corporations.

    Land Registration Act of 1902


    -it provides for a comprehensive registration of
    land registration titles under the torrens system.

    The Tenancy Act of 1933


    -which regulated the relationship between
    landowners and tenants of rice to 50-50 sharing
    including sugarcane.
    Effects
    -land owners could not pay the
    survey cost.
    -not successful.
    Commonwealth Period
    Quezon adopted the “Social Justice
    Program”, primarily to block increasing social
    unrest in Central Luzon.
    Commonwealth Act No. 178
    -provided for certain controls in the land-lord
    tenant relationships.
    National Rice and Corn Corporation
    -established the price of rice and corn.
    Commonwealth Act No. 461, 1973
    -Specified reasons for dismissal of tenants and
    only the approval of the tenacy division
    department.

    Commonwealth Act No. 441


    -Created the National Settlement
    Administration with a capital stock of
    20,000,000 pesos.
    Japanese Occupation
    The Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon or
    Hukbalahap, controlled the areas of
    Central Luzon.
    Peasants supported them and
    landowners lost their lands.
    Manuel Roxas
    RA. No. 55
    -provided for a more effective safeguard
    against arbitrary ejectment of tenants.

    Elpidio Quirino
    Executive Order No. 355
    - Replaced the NLSA to Land Settlement
    Development Corporation.
    -It took over the responsibilities of the
    Agricultural Sector.
    Ramon Magsaysay
    RA. 1160
    -Established NARRA National
    Resettlement and Rehabilitation
    Administration -it provides home lots and
    farmlands in Palawan and Mindanao.

    RA. 1199 Agricultural Tenancy Act of


    1954
    -Which governed the relationship between
    landowners and tenants farmers by
    organizing share-tenancy and lease hold
    system.
    RA. 1400
    -it distributed a large tenanted rice
    and corn lands over 200 hectares
    for individuals and 600 hectares for
    corporations.

    RA. 821
    -which provided loans to small
    farmers and share tenants with
    interest rate as six to eight percent.
    Carlos P. Garcia
    Just continued the program of Ramon
    Magsaysay.

    Diosdado Macapagal
    RA. 3844
    -it abolished share tenancy contract,
    institutionalized leasehold and set
    retention limit at 75 hectares, invested
    rights of preemption and redemption for
    tenants farmers.
    Presidential Decree No. 27
    -it restricted the land reform scope
    to tenanted rice and corn lands and
    set the retention limit at 7 hectares.

    Presidential Decree No. 2


    -declared the country under land
    reform program. It activated the
    Agrarian Reform Coordinating
    Council.
    Ferdinand Marcos
    The Philippines “New Society “, was
    ushered in by the proclamation of Martial
    Law (Proclamation 1081) on September
    21, 1972

    Republic Act 6389 and RA. 6390


    -it created the Department of Agrarian
    Reform and the Agrarian Reform Special
    Account Fund.
    Presidential Decree No. 2
    Declared the country under land reform
    program and activated the Agrarian
    Reform Coordinating Council.

    Presidential Decree No. 27


    Restricted the land reform scope to
    tenanted rice and corn lands and set the
    retention limit at 7 hectares.
    Corazon C. Aquino
    Article 2, Section 21 of the 1987
    Philippine Constitution provides that,
    “The State shall promote comprehensive
    rural development and agrarian reform”.

    Executive Order No. 228


    Declared full land ownership to qualified
    farmer-beneficiaries covered by PD. 27.
    Executive Order No. 229 -provided the
    mechanism for the implementation of the
    comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.
    Executive Order No. 229
    Provided the mechanism for the
    implementation of the comprehensive
    Agrarian Reform Program.

    Proclamation No. 131


    Which instituted the CARP as major
    program of the government. It has
    allocated 50 billion pesos to cover the
    years 1987-1992.

    Executive Order No. 129-A


    It streamed line and expanded the power
    and operations of the DAR.
    Republic Act 6657
    Also known as the Comprehensive Agrarian
    Reform Law.
    It promoted social justice and
    industrialization.

    Executive Order No. 405


    Which conferred the Land Bank of the
    Philippines the responsibility to determine
    land valuation and compensation for all
    lands covered by CARP.

    Executive Order No. 407


    Which accelerated the acquisition and
    distribution of agricultural lands, pasture
    lands, fishponds, and agro-forestry lands
    Fidel V. Ramos
    Republic Act 7881 and RA 6657
    Exempted fishponds and prawns from
    CARP coverage.

    Republic Act 7905 of 1995


    Strengthens CARP implementation

    Executive Order No. 363 of 1997


    Which prescribed the guidelines for the
    protection of areas non-negotiable for
    conversion and monitoring compliance
    with section 20 of the Local Government
    Code.
    Republic Act No. 8435 of 1997
    (Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act
    AFMA) -an act prescribing urgent related
    measures to modernize the agriculture and
    fisheries sectors of the country in order to
    enhance their profitability and prepare said
    sectors for the challenges of globalization
    through an adequate focused and rational
    delivery of necessary support services,
    appropriating funds and other purposes.

    Republic Act 8532 of 1998


    An act strengthening further the Comprehensive
    Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), by providing
    augmentation fund therefore, amending the
    Section 63 of RA. 6657, otherwise known as
    “The CARP Law of 1988”. This law provided an
    additional 10 million pesos for CARP and
    Joseph E. Estrada
    Executive Order N0. 151, September
    1999 (Farmer’s Trust Fund)
    Allowed the voluntary consolidation of
    small farm operation into medium and
    large scale integrated enterprise that can
    access long-term capital.
    During his administration, President
    Estrada launched the Magkabalikat Para sa
    Kaunlarang Agraryo or MAGKASAKA.
    The DAR forged into joint ventures with
    private investors into the agrarian sector to
    make FBs competitive.
    Gloria Macapagal
    Arroyo
    Aims to promote “Social equity and
    economic opportunities”.

    Executive Order No. 379 of 2004


    Amending Executive Order No. 364
    entitled Transforming the Department of
    Agrarian Reform into the Department of
    Land Reform. Which broadened the scope
    of Department by making it responsible
    for all land reform in the country.
    Republic Act No. 9700 of 2009
    Extending the acquisition and
    distribution of all agricultural
    lands, instituting necessary
    reforms, amending for the purpose
    certain provisions of Republic Act
    No. 6657 otherwise known as the
    comprehensive Agrarian Reform
    law of 1988.
    Benigno Simeon Aquino lll
    He established the multi-stakeholders
    mechanism, composed of representatives
    from the Department of Agrarian Reform and
    other CARP implementing agencies in the
    government.
    Focus:
    1. Coverage and distribution of agricultural
    lands.
    2. 2. Movement performance of
    Department of Agrarian Reform
    personnel.
    3. Delivery of support services to the
    beneficiaries.
    Rodrigo Roa Duterte
    Among his 10-point agenda is the Land Tenure Security.

    It aims to improve the quality life of farmers and raise their


    productivity.

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