The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)

The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)

By Neil Jerome C. Morales

The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) was a land reform law mandated by Republic Act No. 6657, signed by President Corazon Aquino on June 10, 1988. It was the fifth land reform law in fifty years, following the land reform laws of Presidents Manuel Quezon, Ramon Magsaysay, Diosdado Macapagal and Ferdinand Marcos.

According to RA 6657, CARP aims “for a more equitable distribution and ownership of land.” It meant to distribute lands to farmers in a span of 10 years, but was extended by the 11th Congress due to delays in land distribution and lack of budget allocation.

Section 3 of RA 6657 defined agrarian reform as the “redistribution of lands, regardless of crops or fruits produced, to farmers and regular farm workers who are landless” and “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 which will allow beneficiaries to receive a just share of the fruits of the lands they work.”

Vast agricultural lands are 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.

However, a common CARP loophole was that landlords escaped relinquishing their lands through land reclassifications. Lands classified by local zoning ordinances as residential, commercial and industrial lands are excluded from CARP.

SOURCE:
Department of Agrarian Reform website, http://www.dar.gov.ph

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  3. why is it that there are those who doesn’t distribute their land to the tenants even though there is a land reform law? ;)primarily the aquino which is the one who implemented this law… 😉

  4. i just want to ask, can CARP still be implemented if the land were already distributed by the heirs?? and what if the heirs is not that rich can the CARP law be implemented if all they have is that piece of land, which eventually was taken by their TENANTS????

  7. Hello po..

    gusto ko po sanang malaman kung saan ako pwedeng humingi ng kopya kung ang lupa ng aking Lolo na nakatira sa Harangan Montalban rizal ay awarded.

    maraming salamat po..

  10. hi..can i ask if what is the status of CARP now? please give me the full details about its status..

    I’m waiting for your favorable response

    Thank you very much

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