AGRARIAN REFORM

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is a policy aimed at redistributing agricultural land, promoting social equity, and improving farmers’ livelihoods by addressing land ownership inequalities and ensuring sustainable rural development.

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Agrarian reform

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• focuses on changing pattern of land ownership, primarily on changing the ownership of land

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Land redistribution

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• This type of agrarian reform addresses the unequal relationship between landowners and tenants.

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Tenancy reform

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• Where it involves farmers pooling their resources, such as land, labor, and capital, to work together and operate as a group, making joint decisions about production, marketing, and distribution of profits

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Cooperative farming

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This is the cornerstone of agrarian reform in the Philippines. Enacted under President Corazon C. Aquino

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Republic Act No. 6657 (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 or CARL)

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institutionalized a comprehensive program for the redistribution of public and private agricultural lands to landless farmers and farmworkers.

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CARL

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Passed in 2009, extended the deadline for the acquisition and distribution of agricultural lands under CARP for an additional five years. It also introduced amendments to RA 6657, clarifying procedures for land acquisition, distribution, and support services to agrarian reform beneficiaries

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Republic Act No. 9700 (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms or CARPER):

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Issued during the Marcos administration, focused on the emancipation of tenant farmers in rice and corn lands.

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Presidential Decree No. 27 (PD 27, 1972)

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This law abolished share tenancy and institutionalized the leasehold system, aiming to establish owner-cultivatorship and family-size farms.

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Republic Act No. 3844 (Agricultural Land Reform Code of 1963)

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Signed into law on July 7, 2023, this act aims to alleviate the debt burden of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) by condoning their unpaid amortizations, interests, and surcharges incurred under the CARP.

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Republic Act No. 11953 (New Agrarian Emancipation Act)

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is the lead government agency responsible for the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.

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DAR