Agrarian Reform

Agrarian Reform• Agrarian Reform – the rectification of the whole system of agriculture. It is normally done by the government where it redistributes the agricultural lands among the farmers of the country. Agrarian reform is concerned with the relation between production and distribution of land among the farmers.

Agrarian Reform• It is also concerned with the process of raw materials that are produced by farming the land from the respective industries. Simply stated, agrarian reform comprises not only land reform but also the reform and development of complimentary institutional frameworks , rural education, and social welfare institutions (Omas as 2008)

Land Reform • –refers to the full range of measures that may or should be taken to improve or remedy the defect in the relations among men with respect to the rights in the use of land. It is a set of integrated measures designed to eliminate obstacles to economic and social development arising in the agrarian structure (de Leon 1994).

Agrarian Reform and the Economy• An effective agrarian reform is a precursor to successful economies where there are evident agricultural improvements and growth in income which leads to economic development.

Agrarian Reform and the Economy• Agrarian reform has several effects to rural economy in terms of agricultural productivity, poverty reduction, income and living standards, employment, investment and capital formation, and impartiality in rural population.

Agrarian reform’s several effects:1. On agricultural productivity – Agrarian reform

may decrease the agricultural productivity if collectivization and land fragmentation are introduced. However, productivity may be enhanced by the use of new inputs and technology in the agricultural process.

Agrarian reform’s several effects:2. On poverty – Agrarian reform can minimize the extent of poverty and also improve the real per capita income of rural workers.

3. Income and living standards – Agrarian reform measures increase in the productivity and thus results to rise in income of rural farmers which will in turn improve the living standard of rural people.

Agrarian reform’s several effects:4. Employment – Agrarian reform measures result in better employment. In some cases however, the introduction of a new technology may bring about displacement of labor.5. Investment and capital formation – Agrarian reform can change the labor-capital ratio that is needed for any economic development.

Agrarian reform’s several effects:6. Impartiality in rural population – Agrarian reform has a significant influence in the economic and political structure of the rural areas. To bring about equity, land is redistributed from the big landowners to the small and marginal farmers.

Measures of Agrarian Reform • The following are the focal measures of the agrarian reform program of the Philippines:

1. *Public health provisions

2. *Family planning

3. Education and training of farmers

Measures of Agrarian Reform 4. Reorganization of land reform agencies

5. Application of labor laws to agricultural farmers

6. Construction of infrastructure facilities such as feeder roads, irrigation systems, et. And the establishment of rural electrification

• 7. Organization of various types of voluntary associations such as farmer’s associations, farmer’s cooperatives, and many others

• 8. Provide employment opportunities for underemployed or surplus rural labor such as development of small and medium-scale industries

Measures of Agrarian Reform

9. Other services which are community development in nature (Nolledo 2000)

Measures of Agrarian Reform

The Importance of Agrarian Reform

• Agrarian Reform History

• Pre Spanish Period• Spanish Period• The First Philippine Republic

Why is agrarian reform important?

• American Period• Japanese Period• The Philippine Republic

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