The comprehensive agrarian reform program after 30 years. Pdf this article explores key issues around land and agrarian reforms, beginning with definitions. President corazon aquino envisioned agrarian and land reform as the centerpiece of her administrations social legislative agenda. Comprehensive agrarian reform program carp and the. Landowners stall the land acquisition and distribution process. Oct 09, 2011 comprehensive agrarian reform program or ra 6657 1. It would provide for the capital needed to industrialize 3. Landowners were allowed to retain up to five hectares plus three hectares for each heir at least fifteen years of age. With commentaries on comprehensive agrarian reform law of 1988 rep. It concludes that land and agrarian reforms continue to be of much importance to poverty. Department of agrarian reform the primary governing law on agrarian reform at present is republic act 6657, the comprehensive agrarian reform law of 1988. In june 2015, the philippine governments agrarian reform law reached its 27th year of implementation including a 16year extension period with completion nowhere in sight.
Republic act ra 6657 or the comprehensive agrarian reform law. Comprehensive agrarian reform law in the philippines essay. In addition, special agrarian courts to be appointed by the supreme court at the provincial level will be competent to hear all cases concerning just compensation to landowners, and to prosecute criminal offences. Republic of the philippines congress of the philippines metro manila eighth congress. To this end, and agrarian reform program which is based on the right of landless farmers and farmworkers to own the land they till, or to receive a fair share of the. The comprehensive agrarian reform program, more commonly known as carp, is an agrarian reform law of the philippines whose legal basis is the republic act no. Ra 6657 or comprehensive agrarian reform law of 1988 agrarian reform program is founded on the right of farmers and regular farm workers, who are landless, to own directly or collectively the lands they till, or in case of other farm workers, to receive a just share on the fruits thereof. The comprehensive agrarian reform law of 1989 shall cover, regardless of tenurial arrangement and commodity produced, all public and private agricultural lands, as provided in proclamation no. It is by far the most comprehensive agrarian reform initiative of government that seeks to remove.
Philippine agrarian reform in the 21st century international. Presidential proclamation 1 and executive order 229. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the philippines in congress assembled. The comprehensive agrarian reform program carp was a land reform law mandated by republic act no. Ano ang comprehensive agrarian reform law of 1988 download. Critical analysis of agrarian reform leasehold estate. It is the policy of the state to pursue a comprehensive agrarian reform program carp. Sep 03, 2018 ra 6657 or comprehensive agrarian reform law of 1988 title to the property shall be issued in the name r. The comprehensive agrarian reform law of 1988 shall cover, regardless of tenurial arrangement and commodity produced, all public and private agricultural lands, as provided in proclamation no. Assessment of carp implementation and accomplishments.
In 1988, the comprehensive agrarian reform law created the comprehensive agrarian reform program which is also known as carp. When a disappointing carp law ra 6657 was finally enacted by then president corazon. An act strengthening the comprehensive agrarian reform program carp, extending the acquisition and distribution of all agricultural lands, instituting necessary reforms, amending for the purpose certain provisions of republic act no. Comprehensive agrarian reform program or ra 6657 slideshare. Oct 08, 2011 carp was established by the comprehensive agrarian reform law of 1988 carl.
Agrarian reform history department of agrarian reform. The following is the full text of republic act ra no. The long road to agrarian reform in the philippines1 albert p. Ang komprehensibong programa sa repormang pansakahan comprehensive agrarian reform program na mas kilala bilang carp ang batas ng repormang panglupain ng pilipinas na ipinasa ng kongreso ng pilipinas at nilagdaan ni pangulong corazon aquino noong 1988. On june 10, 1988, a year after the proclamation, congress passed the comprehensive agrarian reform law. The comprehensive agrarian reform program carp justice. Carp takes as its declared aim the establishment of owner cultivatorship of economicsize farms as the basis of philippine agriculture section 2. The comprehensive agrarian reform program carp was introduced almost three decades ago with the approval of republic act no. Act to amend the comprehensive agrarian reform law of 1988 republic act no. Carp extension with reform carper or ra 9700 which extended the 1988 comprehensive. Komprehensibong programa sa repormang pansakahan wikipedia. Scope the comprehensive agrarian reform law of 1988 shall cover, regardless of tenurial arrangement and commodity produced, all public and private agricultural lands as provided in proclamation no. As of june 2016, almost 600,000 hectares of agricultural land remain undistributed.
Aug 31, 2018 scope of the comprehensive agrarian reform law or republic act 6657 agrarian reform means the redistribution of lands, regardless of crops or fruits produced, to farmers and regular farm workers who are landless, irrespective of tenurial arrangement, to include the totality of factors and support services designed to lift the economic status of the beneficiaries and all other arrangements. Aquino in june 1988, an indignant cpar issued the peoples. Such uncertainties are also said to be compounded by the. The full text ra 6657 below also contains amendments by ra 7881, and ra 7905. The governments comprehensive agrarian reform program carp and its extension, the comprehensive agrarian. The law was enacted by the 8th congress of the philippines and signed by former president aquino on june 10, 1988. Aquino on 10 june 1988 in response to peasants call for. The demise of the comprehensive agrarian reform program carp. The stockdistribution option sdo, which had delayed the actual distribution of hacienda luisita, is among the many loopholes in the comprehensive agrarian reform law of 1988. This act shall be known as the comprehensive agrarian reform law of 1988. It is the redistribution of private and public agricultural lands to help the beneficiaries survive as small. The comprehensive agrarian reform program, more commonly known as carp, is an agrarian reform law of the philippines. This act institutes the comprehensive agrarian reform program carp.
Declaration of principles and policies it is the policy of the state to pursue a comprehensive agrarian reform program carp. This law is still the one being implemented at present. Festejo2 background republic act ra 6657 or the comprehensive agrarian reform law carl, was signed into law by president corazon c. Comprehensive agrarian reform law of 1988 republic act no. Agrarian reform program is founded on the right of farmers and regular farm workers, who are landless, to own directly or collectively the lands they till, or in case of other farm workers, to receive a just share on the fruits thereof to this end, the state shall encourage and undertake. It was a land reform law mandated by republic act no. Although it was still a product of adherence to democratic principles, this law was found to have many flaws. The comprehensive agrarian reform law is the basis of the comprehensive agrarian reform program carp which was the centerpiece program of president corazon aquinos administration.
Whereas section 7 of republic act 0 ra 0 mandates that the bangko sentral ng. June 10, 1988 an act instituting a comprehensive agrarian reform program to promote social justice and industrialization, providing the mechanism for its implementation, and for other purposes chapter i preliminary chapter section 1. The aquino administration in 1988, carp was instituted after the passage of the comprehensive agrarian reform law ra 6657 and extended by the ra 8532. It was the fifth land reform law in fifty years, following the land reform laws of presidents manuel quezon, ramon magsaysay, diosdado macapagal and ferdinand marcos. Aquino had included the sdo as a means for landowning families like hers to evade the mandatory coverage of carp. The comprehensive agrarian reform program carp has as its primary objectives both the improvement of equality and the increase in productivity and growth in the rural areas. The welfare of the landless farmers and farmworkers will receive the highest.
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