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The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program After 30 Years: Accomplishments and Forward Options A Service of Leibniz-Informationszentrum econstor Wirtschaft Leibniz Information Centre Make Your Publications Visible. zbw for Economics Magno-Ballesteros, Marife; Ancheta, Jenica; Ramos, Tatum Working Paper The comprehensive agrarian reform program after 30 years: Accomplishments and forward options PIDS Discussion Paper Series, No. 2017-34 Provided in Cooperation with: Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Philippines Suggested Citation: Magno-Ballesteros, Marife; Ancheta, Jenica; Ramos, Tatum (2017) : The comprehensive agrarian reform program after 30 years: Accomplishments and forward options, PIDS Discussion Paper Series, No. 2017-34, Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Quezon City This Version is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/210994 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. personal and scholarly purposes. 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The studies under the Series are unedited and unreviewed. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute. Not for quotation without permission from the author(s) and the Institute. December 2017 For comments, suggestions or further inquiries please contact: The Research Information Staff, Philippine Institute for Development Studies 18th Floor, Three Cyberpod Centris – North Tower, EDSA corner Quezon Avenue, 1100 Quezon City, Philippines Tel Numbers: (63-2) 3721291 and 3721292; E-mail: [email protected] Or visit our website at https://www.pids.gov.ph THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM (CARP) AFTER 30 YEARS: ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FORWARD OPTIONS 11 DECEMBER 2017 MARIFE M BALLESTEROS, JENICA ANCHETA AND TATUM RAMOS Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) CARP After 30 Years Draft Final Report List of Acronyms AGP Average Gross of Production AO Administrative Order ARB Agrarian Reform Beneficiary ARC Agrarian Reform Community ARF Agrarian Reform Fund ASP Approved Survey Plan BARC Barangay Agrarian Reform Council BIR Bureau of Internal Revenue CA Compulsory Acquisition CARL Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law CARP Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program CARPER Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms CENRO Community Environment and Natural Resources Office CF Claim Folder CLOA Certificate of Land Ownership Award DA Department of Agriculture DAR Department of Agrarian Reform DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources ERUL Estimated Remaining Useful Life FGD Focus Group Discussion GAA General Appropriations Act GFI Government Financial Institution GOL Government-Owned Land KAMMPhil Kapunungan sa Mamumuong Mag-uuma sa Philippine Greenhills KII Key Informant Interview LBP Land Bank of the Philippines LDIS Land Distribution and Information Schedule LES Landed Estates LH Landholding LMS Land Management Sector MARO Municipal Agrarian Reform Officer MC Memorandum Circular NOC Notice of Coverage OCT Original Certificate of Title ODC Owner's Duplicate Copy OLT Operation Land Transfer PARO Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer PD Presidential Decree RA Republic Act ROD Register of Deeds 1 CARP After 30 Years Draft Final Report RP Republic of the Philippines RSS Requisition of Survey Services SETT Settlement Area SMARBEFA San Miguel Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Farmers’ Association TCT Transfer Certificate of Title VLT Voluntary Land Transfer VOS Voluntary Offer to Sell Abstract This study evaluates the performance of CARP in the last 30 years using the program’s theory of change. A results chain framework was constructed and the program processes examined drawing from several studies that assessed the implementation and impact of CARP. The study notes that the accomplishments of CARP in terms of land reformed area and number of beneficiaries for the past 30 years have been substantial. However, there is evidence that the program has been poorly targeted in terms of areas covered and beneficiaries. DAR experienced difficulty in constructing the land inventory and masterlist of beneficiaries due to the absence of parcel based information on land use and ownership and the poor land record system in the country. There is also no inventory of farmers or tenants in the country. Targeting thus has been largely influenced by landowners, local officials including DAR officials at the local level so as to expedite the process of land tenure improvement. The agrarian justice system had to deal with conflicts between landowner and ARBS and among ARBs. It also has to deal with cases on cancellation of titles creating instability in property rights of CARP generated titles. The study also notes that there is weak evidence of overpricing of the land acquired by the government. The bulk of subsidy to farmers comes from the amortization subsidy in terms of regular subsidy, and implicit subsidies such as below market interest rates and non-imposition of penalties for delayed payment. Impact studies of CARP reported some welfare effects but these are muted and are generally observed among areas where lands covered have higher productivity. It is also not clear through what channels CARP improved welfare since welfare effects were similar between land owning agricultural households that acquired land through CARP and those through purchase or inheritance. There is also no clear evidence whether the objectives of CARP to increase investments in agriculture, increase access to formal credit of farmers and equity have been achieved. While the implementation of the program may have been flawed, redoing land reform by revising the law towards a “genuine” program is unnecessary. Only a few big-sized agriculture lands (greater than 50 hectares). The objectives of poverty and equity can also be achieved through alternative programs that is of lower cost to the government. The agrarian sector should instead focus on support programs to modernize agriculture that will benefit all small farmers (whether ARB or non-ARB). DAR should consider developing organizations or mechanisms to improve productivity and address economies of scale. The indefeasibility of CARP issued titles should be established by facilitating the resolution of issues on conflicts, title cancellation, default on land payments by ARBs, and transfers of awarded lands. The issue on landownership concentration can be dealt with through a progressive land taxation that can be supported by the ongoing improvements and digitization in land administration at the LRA and the DENR. 2 CARP After 30 Years Draft Final Report CARP After 30 years: Accomplishments and Forward Options I. Background of the Study The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) was introduced almost three decades ago with the approval of Republic Act No. 6657 (RA 6657), also known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) of 1988.1 The program is an expanded version of previous land reform programs in the country beginning the mid-1930s. Similar to the early land reform initiatives, CARP included both developmental and redistributive programs. The developmental program provides for the disposal of public alienable and disposable (A&D) lands with the intent to open up frontier lands while the redistributive program involves the redistribution of property or rights on private agricultural lands and the abolition of agricultural (or share) tenancy. However, while post war land reform was largely a developmental program; CARL is centered on the redistributive program. In particular, the focus on redistributive land reform started in the 1960s, with the enactment of the Agriculture Land Reform Code of 1963 (RA 3844), which was further strengthened by the Agrarian Code of 1972 (or PD27). RA3844 and PD27 decreed the abolition of share tenancy; instituted a leasehold system; lowered the ceiling on agricultural landownership to 75 hectares (RA3844) and further to 7 hectares under PD27. The lower retention limits on ownership of agricultural lands effectively increased the scope of private farms or landholdings that can be subject to land redistribution.2
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