The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
(CARP)
The CARP is a social justice and poverty alleviation program that is based on the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 (Republic Act no. 6657).
Lead Implementor: Department of Agrarian Reform [DAR]
Implemented the program in 3 Major Components
 Land Tenure Improvement (LTI)

 Agrarian Justice Delivery (AJD)
 Program Beneficiaries Development (PBD)
AIMS
 Equity. It provides the agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) the ability to directly
participate in nation building through equal land ownership structure.
 Capability. It allows the ARBs to manage reformed lands productively by giving

them the support services that they need
 Sustainability. It incorporates the ecosystem and stakeholder approaches to

land use and management.
 To promote social justice.
 To move the nation towards sound rural development and industrialization.
 To establish economic-sized farms as the basis of Philippine agriculture
Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
Section 22 of RA 6657 states that the ff. farmer beneficiaries are as follows:
 Agricultural lessees and share tenants

 Regular farmworkers;
 Seasonal farmworkers;
 Other farmworkers;
 Actual tillers or occupants of public lands;
 Collective or cooperatives of the above beneficiaries
 Others directly working on the land
SCOPE
The CARP shall cover (regardless of tenurial arrangement and commodity produced):
 All public and private agricultural lands

 Other lands of the public domain suitable for agriculture
a. All alienable & disposable lands of public domain devoted to or suitable for
agriculture
b. All lands of public domain including forest or mineral lands reclassified to
agricultural land
c. All other lands owned by Government devoted to or suitable for agriculture.
d. All private lands devoted to or suitable for agriculture regardless of
agricultural products raised or that can be raised
EXEMPTIONS & EXCLUSIONS
 Lands actually, directly or exclusively used for parks and wildlife, forest reserves,
reforestation, fish sanctuaries and breeding grounds, watersheds and mangroves
 Private lands actually, directly and exclusively used for prawn farms and
fishponds: Provided, That said prawn farms and fishponds have not been
distributed and Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) issued to ARBs
under CARP
 Lands actually, directly and exclusively used and found to be necessary for:
 national defense
 school sites and campuses
 experimental farm stations operated by public or private schools for
educational purposes
 seeds and seedling research
 pilot production center
 church sites and convents
 mosque sites and Islamic centers
 communal burial grounds and cemeteries
 penal colonies and penal farms actually worked by the inmates
 government ad private research and quarantine centers and all lands within
eighteen percent(18%) slope and over, except those already developed
RETENTION LIMIT
General Rule:
Retention by landowners shall not exceed 5 hectares

3 hectares may be awarded to each child provided:
a. child is at least 15 years old

b. child is actually tilling or directly managing the land
Mode of Land Transfer:
 Voluntary Land Transfer

Landowners of agricultural lands subject to acquisition under this Act may enter
into a voluntary arrangement for direct transfer of their lands to qualified
beneficiaries subject to the following guidelines:
(a) All notices for voluntary land transfer must be submitted to the DAR within
the first year of the implementation of the CARP.
(b) The terms and conditions of such transfer shall not be less favorable to
the transferee than those of the government 's standing offer to purchase
from the landowner and to resell to the beneficiaries, if such offers have been
made and are fully known to both parties.
(c) The voluntary agreement shall include sanctions for non-compliance by

either party and shall be duly recorded and its implementation monitored by
the DAR.
IMPLEMENTATION
The Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC)
 shall provide the guidelines for the province-by-province implementation of the

CARP, taking into account peculiarities and needs of each place:
 kind of crops needed or suited

 land distribution workload
 beneficiaries' development activities and other factors prevalent or
obtaining in the area.
Composed of:
Chairman - President of the Philippines
Vice-Chairman - Secretary of Agrarian Reform
Members - Secretaries of the ff. departments:

Agriculture
Environment and Natural Resources
Budget and Management
Local Government
Public Works and Highways
Trade and Industry
Finance
Labor and Employment;
- Director-General of the National Economic and Development

Authority;
- President of Land Bank of the Philippines;
- Administrator of National Irrigation Administration
- (3) representatives of affected landowners to represent Luzon, Visayas
and Mindanao
Executive Committee (EXCOM)
 Secretariat It was established to provide general support and coordinative

services such as inter-agency linkages; program and project appraisal and
evaluation and general operations monitoring for the PARC.
 Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee (PARCCOM)
 shall coordinate and monitor the implementation of the CARP in the
province
 provide information on the provisions of the CARP, guidelines issued by
the PARC and on the progress of the CARP in the province
Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee (BARC)
Functions:
(a) Mediate and conciliate between parties involved in an agrarian dispute

including matters related to tenurial and financial arrangements;
(b) Assist in the identification of qualified beneficiaries and landowners within the
barangay;
(c) Attest to the accuracy of the initial parcellary mapping of the beneficiary's
tillage;
(d) Assist qualified beneficiaries in obtaining credit from lending institutions;
(e) Assist in the initial determination of the value of the land;
(f) Assist the DAR representative in the preparation of periodic reports on the
CARP implementation for submission to the DAR;
(g) Coordinate the delivery of support services to beneficiaries;
(h) Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the DAR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
From 1987 to June 2009, the DAR covered 2,321,064 has. of private agricultural lands
and 1, 727, 054 has. non-private agricultural lands covering a total of 4, 049, 018 has.
This is equivalent to 2, 396, 857 ARBs installed.
Congruently, under RA 9700 or the CARP Extension with Reforms or CARPER (2009 –
December 2010) , 78, 145 has. private agricultural lands and 75, 862 has. of non-
private agricultural lands were distributed. This totals to 154,007 has. equivalent to 97,
712 ARBs installed.
I. Land Tenure Improvement (LDI)
Operationalized through:
a. Land Acquisition Distribution (LAD)

Jan-Dec 2008 The Department distributed 150,000 has. of agricultural lands,
transforming 90, 738 landless farmers into land owners.
The total number of ARBs benefited has already reached 2,387,479.

b. Leasehold Operation
Jan-Dec 2008 The Department placed under leasehold 26,331 has. benefiting
9,885 tenant-tillers.
End of December 2008 A total of 1,686,045 has. have been placed under
leasehold benefiting 1,190,913 ARBs.
II. Delivery of Agrarian Justice
Operationalized through:
a. Agrarian Legal Assistance (ALA)

b. Adjudication of Cases
III. Program Beneficiaries Development (PBD)
 Agrarian Reform Community (ARC) Development

As of Dec 2008 98 ARC clusters involving 1.5 million has. of production
area have been identified nationwide. These clusters are seen to benefit
640 284 ARBs and 870 276 non-ARBs in the countryside.
 898,239 ARBs fully served under the foreign-assisted projects

 11,283 infrastructure projects
 1,268 communal irrigation projects completed
 364,569 ARB members are already managing their own farm & non-farm
enterprises 261,227
 hectares serviced by irrigation systems 195 multi-purpose buildings 380
bridge projects (15,402 linear meters) 615 projects 2,388 units of post
harvest facilities 3,133 units of potable water systems.
References:
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e=message
http://www.dar.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92&Itemid=161
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52969991/I-Coverage-of-the-Comprehensive-Agrarian-Reform-Program
http://www.slideshare.net/phoenix010692/comprehensive-agrarian-reform-program-or-ra-6657
http://www.chanrobles.com/legal4agrarianlaw.htm#.UHoKVsUp
PARTIDO STATE UNIVERSITY
Goa Campus
Project in Economics1
CARP
Submitted by:
Kristine Gavino
Renz Joshua Lelin
Liezl Aril
Nes Robin Viñas
Lara Gamil
Roel Flores
Darren Panagan
Gennie Patani
Jassel Savilla
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The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

Lead Implementor: Department of Agrarian Reform [DAR]

Implemented the program in 3 Major Components

 Land Tenure Improvement (LTI)

 Capability. It allows the ARBs to manage reformed lands productively by giving

 Sustainability. It incorporates the ecosystem and stakeholder approaches to

 To promote social justice.

 To move the nation towards sound rural development and industrialization.

 To establish economic-sized farms as the basis of Philippine agriculture

Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries

 Agricultural lessees and share tenants

 All public and private agricultural lands

EXEMPTIONS & EXCLUSIONS

Retention by landowners shall not exceed 5 hectares

a. child is at least 15 years old

Mode of Land Transfer:

 Voluntary Land Transfer

(c) The voluntary agreement shall include sanctions for non-compliance by

The Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC)

 shall provide the guidelines for the province-by-province implementation of the

 kind of crops needed or suited

Chairman - President of the Philippines

Vice-Chairman - Secretary of Agrarian Reform

Members - Secretaries of the ff. departments:

- Director-General of the National Economic and Development

Executive Committee (EXCOM)

 Secretariat It was established to provide general support and coordinative

Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee (BARC)

(a) Mediate and conciliate between parties involved in an agrarian dispute

(d) Assist qualified beneficiaries in obtaining credit from lending institutions;

(e) Assist in the initial determination of the value of the land;

(g) Coordinate the delivery of support services to beneficiaries;

(h) Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the DAR

I. Land Tenure Improvement (LDI)

a. Land Acquisition Distribution (LAD)

The total number of ARBs benefited has already reached 2,387,479.

II. Delivery of Agrarian Justice

a. Agrarian Legal Assistance (ALA)

III. Program Beneficiaries Development (PBD)

 Agrarian Reform Community (ARC) Development

 898,239 ARBs fully served under the foreign-assisted projects

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