Land Reform Program

LAND REFORM PROGRAM

I, Mikhaila Nadine J. Ticman, President of the Republic of the Philippines sign this on the 22nd of February 2012 Presidential Decree #0442 with the following provisions and objectives.

1. OBJECTIVES

1. Wealth should not be concentrated only in few hands, it should be distributed among all the citizens equally
2. To abolish the intermediary system and collect the land from these people and the same should distributed to the landless poor in achieving and establishing the democratic society in the Philippines
3. To provide and ownership to squatter farmers through legalization and land distribution
4. To increase agricultural production and improve delivery systems of supporting services so as to ensure betterment of living standards among the farmers, and
5. To reduce social and economic inequalities among the populace.

1. PROVISIONS

1. The Presidential Decree #0442 is meant to distribute lands to farmers in a span of 10 years.
2. The value of farmland is to be assessed by considering the following factors: past acquisition of land, soil fertility, location and output of the main crop.
3. Lands will be redistributed, regardless of crops or fruits produced, to farmers and regular farm workers who are landless.
4. Vast agricultural lands will be distributed to the farmers tilling the land, whereas only a maximum of five hectares can be retained by the landlords and three hectares for each of their children.
5. All other arrangements alternative to the physical redistribution of lands, such as production or profit-sharing, labor administration and the distribution of shares of stock, will allow beneficiaries to receive a just share of the fruits of the lands they work.
6. Payment to all landowners who have not been paid yet for lands they voluntarily sold should be given at the span of 15 years.
7. Provision of tax exemption to export-oriented agri-business activities should be clearly stated to landowners and tenants.
8. Research and development in aid of the farm extension workers dealing with agrarian reform beneficiaries should be given to the farmers to improve their skills in tilling the land.
9. The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) must push for productivity enhancement measures, among them are: to provide credit or loans to farmers and to provide assistance to agrarian reform beneficiaries in processing of their produce for exports, such as storage facilities and organic fertilizers.

Signed By:

Mikhaila Nadine J. Ticman

President of the Republic of

the Philippines