RPH Chapter 5

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law

          Republic Act 6657 or the

President C. Aquino on June 10, 1988

Republic Act 6657 or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL), was signed into a law by

CARL 1988

it was signed in response to peasants’ call for equitable access to land

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)

which is meant to distribute lands to the farmers in a span of 10 years and usher in new process of land classification, acquisition and distribution

CARL

covers all public private agricultural lands, regardless of tenurial arrangements and commonly produced. In specific terms it includes all alienable and disposable lands of the public domain devoted to or suitable for agriculture regardless of the agricultural products raised

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CARL prohibits landowners over ___ years’ age, provide that she/he is personally cultivating the land. In the same way the distribution limit for qualified beneficiaries is ___ hectares of agricultural land.

agricultural leases and share tenants, regular, seasonal or other farm workers, actual tillers or occupants of public lands; collective or cooperatives of the beneficiaries or others directly working on the land

Beneficiaries may be

Land Tenure Improvement (LTI) and Program Beneficiaries Development (PBD).

The program was operationalized through two mechanisms:

Land Tenure Improvement

(LTI)

Program Beneficiaries Development

(PBD).

LTI

involves land acquisition and distribution (LAD) and in detail, the major processes of survey, identification pf qualified beneficiaries, processing of claim folders for landowners’ compensation, land valuation and compensation, registration of land and issuance of Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) to beneficiaries.

Phase 1

: Rice and corn lands, private lands voluntarily offered, foreclosed lands by government financial institutions, acquired lands by the Presidential Commission on Good Governance (PCGG) and all others owned by the government to be distributed immediately and implementation completed within four years

Phase 2

: Alienable and disposable public agricultural lands, arable public agricultural lands under Agri-forest, pasture and agricultural leases; public agricultural lands to be opened for new development and resettlement; and all private agricultural lands greater than 50 hectares to be distributed immediately and implementation completed within four years.

Phase 3

: All private lands with large landholdings:

a. Landholdings above 24 hectares up to 50 hectares to begin on the fourth year and to be completed within three years.

b. Retention limit of five hectares up to 24 hectares to begin on the sixth year and be completed within four years.

PBD

is undertaken through the establishment of agrarian reform communities (ARC) where beneficiaries are provided with support services that would make their lands more productive to improve their economic situation. These include, but not limited to, irrigation facilities, infrastructure development and public works projects in agrarian reform areas and settlements, credit support, financial assistance to small and medium scale industries, extension services and research development and information dissemination.

5%

Payments may be made in the form of cash, shares of stock in government-owned or controlled corporations, tax credits of Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) bonds. The amount may be increased by ___ if the landowners voluntarily offer their lands for sale.

CARL

is the most comprehensive agrarian reform law because it covers all public lands and others lands suitable for agriculture regardless of tenurial agreement and crops produced. The law also adopted various progressive provisions needed by small and marginal farmers to have equitable land. Aside from transfer of ownership, it also provides access to support services to ensure that socio-economic improvement of the program beneficiaries is achieved.

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)

, a government initiative that aims to grant landless farmers and frameworks ownership of agricultural lands. It was signed into law by President Corazon C. Aquino on June 10,1988 and was scheduled to have been completed in 1998.

Republic Act No. 8532

Congress enacted a law ______ appropriating additional funds for the program and extending the automatic appropriation of ill-gotten wealth recovered by the Presidential Commission on Good Governance (PCGG) for CARP until 2008.

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms

, is the amendatory law that extends yet again the deadline of distributing agricultural lands to farmers for five years. It also amends other provisions stated in CARP. _____ was signed into law on August 7, 2009.

Department of Agrarian Reform

DAR – _______ as the lead agencies.

DAR, DENR

WHAT ARE THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM?

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

, they are in charge of the identification and distribution of covered land.

7.8 million

An estimated _____ hectares of land is covered by CARP.

88%

As of December 31, 2013, the government has acquired and distributed 6.9 million hectares of land, equivalent to ___ of the total land subject to CARP.

751, 514 hectares, or 45%

From July 2010 to December 2013, the administration has been distributed a total of ______ of the total landholdings to be distributed to the farmer beneficiaries left under this administration

June 30, 2014.

Notices of coverage will be issued to most of the landholdings by

Notice of Coverage (NOC)

is a letter informing a landowner that his/her land is covered by CARP, and is subject to acquisition and distribution to beneficiaries. It likewise informs the landowners of his/her rights under the law, including the right to retain 5 hectares.

Section 30 of CARPER (R.A. 9700)

As long as Notices of Coverage are issued on or before June 30, 2014, land distribution to beneficiaries shall continue until completion, according to _____. Meaning, even after CARPER’s deadline, the law itself mandates the concerned agencies to finish distributing lands to the beneficiaries up to very last hectare. This assures to the farmers that the process of receiving their land will continue.