History of Agrarian Reforms (Philippines)

HISTORY OF

AGRARIAN
REFORMS
(PHILIPPINES)
Diosdado Macapagal Joseph Estrada
Ferdinand Marcos Gloria Arroyo
Corazon Aquino Benigno Aquino III
under Diosdado P.
Macapagal (1961 –
1965):
• Father of Agrarian Reform
• R.A. 3844
– Agricultural Land Reform
Code
– Enacted: August 8, 163
– Most comprehensive
Under Diosdado P. Macapagal:
• R.A. 3844
–It prescribed a program converting the tenant farmers to less and eventually
into owner-cultivators. It aimed to free tenants from bondage of tenancy and
gave hope to poor Filipino farmers to own the land they are tilling.
–It emphasized owner-cultivator relationship and farmer INDEPENDER, EQUITY,
PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT, and PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION OF LAND.
–Act was piloted on the provinces of PANGASINAN, BULACAN, NUEVA ECIJA,
PAMPANGA ,TARLAC, OCCIDENTAL MINDORO,CAMARINES SUR , MISAMIS
ORIENTAL.
–It acquired a total of 18,247.06 hectares or 99.29% out of the total scope of
18,377.05 hectares. The program benefited 7,466 farmer beneficiaries.
under Ferdinand E. Marcos (1965
– 1986):

• R.A. 3844
– This law provided for
tenanted lands devoted
twice and corn to pass the
ownership to the tenants
Under Ferdinand E. Marcos:
• R.A. 3844
–This law helps tenants to purchase the land they filled if it is more than
7 hectares. And those tenants with less than 7 hectares would become
lease holder.
–This reform program was assigned to help farmers from poverty and for
them to be aware of their rights.
–This program was a package service extended to the farmers in the
form of credit support, infrastructure, farm extension, legal assistance,
electrification, and development or rural institution.
–This program surely helps the farmers.
Under Ferdinand E. Marcos:
• R.A. 3844
–This is the only law in the Philippines ever done in
handwriting. People thought it is revolutionary
because it was pursued during M.L. and it didn’t go
through technical process as it is supported by P.D.
–This program is limited only to the tenants,
privately owned, rice and corn lands.
under Cory Aquino (1986 –
1992):

Article 2, Section 21, 1987

Constitution
- “THE STATE SHALL
PROMOTE COMPREHENSIVE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND
AGRARIAN RERFORM”
Under Cory Aquino:
• 1)Proclamatiom 131 on the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)
• 2)E.O. 129
• 3)E.O. 228
• 4)E.O. 229
• 5) R.A. 6657 or Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Law
Under Cory Aquino:
• E.O. to strengthen CARP and fast track its
implementation:
–1)E.O. No. 405
–2)E.O. No. 406
–3)E.O. No. 407
–4)E.O. No. 408
Under Cory Aquino:
• Guidelines and procedures to facilitate acquisition
and distribution of lands:
– 1)DAR AO No. 2 (1992) – 6)DAR AO No. 2 (1996)
– 2)DAR AO No. 1 (1993) – 7)DAR AO No. 2 (1997)
– 3)DAR-LBP AO No. 3 – 8)DAR AO No. 8 (1998)
(1994) – 9)DAR AO No. 7(1993)
– 4)DAR AO No. 1 (1995)
– 5)DAR AO No. 2 (1995)
under Joseph
Estrada (1998 –
2001):
• Launched the Magkabalikat Para
sa Kaunlarang Agraryo
(MAGSASAKA) which is directed
for the investors to bring in
capital, technology and
management support while the
farmers will contribute, at most,
the use of their land itself
Under Joseph Estrada:
• The administration saw the urgency of land distribution,
during the period that DAR launched a series of land
occupation by working with the farmer claimants, the LGU
and government security forces.
• Sustainable rural development district program, were
designed to help farmers attain a level of economic viability.
• Launched the DAR-DA-DENR convergence initiative.
• The administration faced some hindrances like the fiscal
constraints encountered that resulted to unpaid or delayed
payment of landowers covered the compulsory acquisition
and VOS schemes.
under Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo
(2001 – 2010):
Bayanihan Concepts, Bayan
means people means a
united people working
together for the successful
implementation of Agrarian
reform.
Under Gloria Macapagal Arroyo:
• The Bayan-Anihan Framework has different implanting Strategies
namely;
–1) Satin-Lupa - Accelerating land transfer and improving land tenure.
–2) Katarungan - Prompt and Fair settlement of agrarian disputes and
delivery of agrarian reform justice.
–3) Bayanihan - Better delivery by the government of appropriate
supprot services to ARBs and the mobilization of the ABRs themselves
in the transformation of the agrarian reform communities into an
agrarian reform zones and into progressive farming.
–4) Katarungan or the Konsehong Bayan para sa Anihan -
Institutionalization not only of the system of dialogue and
consolation but also join problem solving with AR
stakeholders particularly people's organization,
cooperative and NGOs.
–5) Kamalayan - Rising the awareness of DAR personnel,
agrarian reform beneficiaries and the general public on
agrarian reform and its contribution to social justice and
development.
• Under Arroyo's Administration introduced the KAPIT
BISIG sa Kahirapan Agrarian Reform Zones (KARZONEs) as
a program strategy of the DAR in CARP implementation.
KARZONEs is a partnership and convergence strategy
aimed at achieving asset reform, poverty reduction,
foods sufficiency, Farm productivity, Good Governance,
Social equity and empowerment af Agrarian reform
beneficiaries (ARBs) both in ARCs and non-ARCs.
• Other specific programs under this
Administration to enhance CARP were also
implemented like the GULAYAN
MAGSASAKANG AGRARYO. This intends to
add income and food security to farmer's
children and dependents through the
Diosdado Macapagal Scholar Program.
• This administration is also accredited in
heightening agrarian case resolution by
introducing a quota system to compel
adjudicators to work faster on agrarian
cases and train farmers into paralegals.
under Benigno
Simeon “NoyNoy”
Aquino III (2010 –
2016):
the DAR which is the lead agency for
CARP implementation is bent on
sustaining the gains of agrarian
reform through its three major
components Land Tenure
Improvement (LTI), Program
Beneficiaries Development (PBD)
and Agrarian Justice Delivery ( AJD).
Under Benigno Aquino III:
• The following are the
strategic directions of the
Aquino Administration for
the agrarian reform program:
• To substantially
complete asset reform
as mandated by R.A. No.
9700 by:
• Under President Aquino's
administration, the DAR's
Program Beneficiaries
Development (PBD) priorities
are geared in:
• To speed up resolution of
AR-related case, the
Agrarian Justice Delivery
component it heared at:
• Together with the efforts to fight graft and
corruption by the President, it is imperative
to have institutional reforms within DAR as a
complement to the above-mentioned DAR
components as well as give credence,
transparency and accountability at all sectors
of the DAR bureaucracy.

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