Group 6: Agustin, Cuario, Olegario, Wang
Exercise 4.1.1 Agrarian Reform
Background Information
Major Problems
Possible Remedies
Tenant
Farmers from Kaisahan
Tungo sa Kaunlaran ng
Kanayunan at Repormang
Pansakahan (KAISAHAN)
• Human right violation
• weak implementation of
agrarian programs
• Problems on installation
and positioning of the
beneficiaries of agrarian
reform to their land
• Cancellation of titles or
Certificate of Land
Ownership (CLOA)
• Conflicting laws
• Nationwide inventory of
installed and uninstalled
Agrarian Reform
Beneficiaries (ARBs) for a
better monitoring of the
program.
• The farmers asked for
security and protection to
the officials of DAR who
are involved in CARP.
• Abuse among farmers
should be stopped
• stand by their promise
to implement an agrarian
reform program that would
dump a "loophole-ridden"
version of the program that
allowed landlords to
maintain control of vast
agricultural landholdings
already subject to
redistribution.
LandLord
Based on the work of
Gilberto Llanto and Dingcong
entitled “The imapact of
Agrarian Reform on the Land
Owners”
• Lack of incentives for
landowners to invest the
proceeds from agrarian
reform to promote
industrialization, generate
employment and facilitate
the privatization of public
sector enterprise
• Inadequacy of the cash
portion to induce the
landowners to engage in
industry.
• Inadequacy of assistance
given to landowners for
alternative investment
opportunities
• Delays in the payment of
compensation.
• Landowners are asking for
more incentives than what
they are/will receive. The
government could offer a
better incentive, addition
with that, they must engage
or teach the land owners
alternative opportunities in
industrialization. Lastly, the
assurance that the payment
of compensation will not be
delayed.
Analysis:
What do you think is the problem or issue with land ownership in the Philippines? Is t plausible
to have a genuine and successful agrarian reform program in the Philippines? What do you think
should be done? Explain your answer.
Land owner resistance is one of the well-known issues in agrarian reform. With the issue
stated by the farmers of Kaisahan Tungo sa Kaunlaran ng Kanayunan at Repormang
Pansakahan (KAISAHAN) high-profile cases of violence and constant threats against agrarian
reform beneficiaries to keep them from occupying the land arises. Moreover, they also address
the issue of Cancellation of titles or Certificate of Land Ownership (CLOA). The tenant also
addresses the issue of weak implementation of agrarian reform in the country. With the side of
the landowners, the issue of lack of incentives and delayed compensation arises. If you are going
to analyze the issues stated by the both parties, acknowledging and making action toward it could
make the agrarian reform law successful. As what the KAISAHAN suggested, Nationwide
inventory of installed and uninstalled Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) for a better
monitoring of the program may improve the implementation. With the land owners, the
government could negotiate with them. Making sure that the implementation of this program is
not politicize, could make the reform successful. The Agrarian Reform Program in the country
could seen imperfect, there are lots of improvement should be done, the government should look
at it in a way that it will going to benefit both the tenant and the landowners.