Laws RA 3844
Declaration of Policies Owner-cultivatorship and
economic family size farm, as well
as diverting landlord capital in
agriculture to industrial
development.
Coverage Agricultural Land" means land
devoted to any growth, including
but not limited to crop lands, salt
beds, fish ponds, idle land and
abandoned land as defined in
paragraphs 18 and 19 of this
Section, respectively.
PD 27
Emancipation of tenants from the
bondage of soil, transfer
ownership of land they till.
primarily devoted to rice and corn
under a system of sharecrop or
lease-tenancy, whether classified
as landed estate or not;
The tenant farmer, whether in land
classified as landed estate or not,
shall be deemed owner of a
portion constituting a family-size
farm of five (5) hectares if not
irrigated and three (3) hectares if
irrigated;
In all cases, the landowner may
retain an area of not more than
seven (7) hectares if such
landowner is cultivating such area
or will now cultivate it.
EO 228
Determination of cost for full
ownership to qualified farmers.
Rice and Corn lands covered in
PD 27
EO 129-A PROC 131
Reorganziation of DAR for the Institution of the Comprehensive
abolishment of feudalism and all Agrarian Reform Program
other types of unjust tenurial
arrangements and to implement
the comprehensive agrarian
reform program
Any Agricultural land by the state Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
or private properties Program (CARP) is hereby
instituted which shall cover,
regardless of tenurial arrangement
and commodity produced all
public and private agricultural
lands as provided in the
Constitution, including whenever
applicable in accordance with law,
other lands of the public domain
suitable to agriculture.
RA 6657 (7881,9700)
Equitable distribution and
ownership of land, for the benefit
of landless farmers and
farmworkers in order to promote
social justice
(a) All alienable and disposable
lands of the public domain
devoted to or suitable for
agriculture. No reclassification of
forest or mineral lands to
agricultural lands shall be
undertaken after the approval of
this Act until Congress, taking into
account ecological, developmental
and equity considerations, shall
have determined by law, the
specific limits of the public
domain.
b All lands of the public domain in
excess of the specific limits as
determined by Congress in the
preceding paragraph;
c. All other lands owned by the
Government devoted to or suitable
for agriculture
d. All private lands devoted to or
suitable for agriculture regardless
of the agricultural products raised
or that can be raised thereon.
 Tenancy Arrangement Shared tenancy contracts shall be
abolished
That existing share tenancy
contracts may continue in force
and effect in any region or locality,
to be governed in the meantime
by the pertinent provisions of
Republic Act Numbered Eleven
hundred and ninety-nine, as
amended, until the end of the
agricultural year when the
National Land Reform Council
Mode of Acquistion The Authority shall, upon petition
in writing of at least one-third of
the lessees and subject to the
provisions of Chapter VII of this
Code, institute and prosecute
expropriation proceedings for the
acquisition of private agricultural
lands and home lots enumerated
under Section fifty-one.
Retention Exemption Exclusion (1)Twenty-five per centum of the
entire produce of the land under
cultivation; and
(2)Work animals and farm
implements belonging to the
agricultural lessee: Provided, That
their value does not exceed one
thousand pesos. But no article or
species of property mentioned in
this Section shall be exempt from
execution issued upon a judgment
recovered for its price or upon a
judgment of foreclosure of a
mortgage thereon.
This shall apply to tenant farmers
of private agricultural lands
primarily devoted to rice and corn
under a system of sharecrop or
lease-tenancy, whether classified
as landed estate or not;
The government shall guaranty
such amortizations with shares of
stock in government-owned and
government-controlled
corporations;
Title to land acquired pursuant to
this Decree or the Land Reform
Program of the Government shall
not be transferable except by
hereditary succession or to the
Government in accordance with
the provisions of this Decree, the
Code of Agrarian Reforms and
other existing laws and
regulations;
Lease rentals paid to the
landowner by the farmer
beneficiary after October 21,
1972, shall be considered as
advance payment for the land. In
the event of dispute with the
landowner regarding the amount
of lease rental paid by the farmer
beneficiary, the Department of
Agrarian Reform and the
Barangay Committee on Land
Production concerned shall
resolve the dispute within thirty
(30) days from its submission
pursuant to Department of
Agrarian Reform Memorandum
Circular No. 26, series of 1973,
and other pertinent issuances.
Beneficiaries under P.D 27 have
acquired full ownership pursuant
to EO 288
N/A regardless of tenurial arrangement
and commodity produced all
public and private agricultural
lands as provided in the
Constitution
N/A The provisions for the
mechanisms needed initially to
implement the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program are set
forth in Executive Order No. 229,
dated 22 July, 1987, which is a
companion measure to this
Proclamation.
N/A
DAR is mandated to determine
and fix immediately the lease
rentals thereof in accordance with
Section 34 of Republic Act No.
3844, as amended: provided, that
the DAR shall immediately and
periodically review and adjust the
rental structure for different crops,
including rice and corn, or different
regions in order to improve
progressively the conditions of the
farmer, tenant or lessee.
After having identified the land,
the landowners and the
beneficiaries, the DAR shall send
its notice to acquire the land to the
owners thereof, by personal
delivery or registered mail, and
post the same in a conspicuous
place in the municipal building and
barangay hall of the place where
the property is located. Said notice
shall contain the offer of the DAR
to pay a corresponding value in
accordance with the valuation set
forth in Sections 17, 18, and other
pertinent provisions hereof.
In no case shall retention by the
landowner exceed five (5)
hectares. Three (3) hectares may
be awarded to each child of the
landowner, subject to the following
qualifications: (1) that he is at
least fifteen (15) years of age; and
(2) that he is actually tilling the
land or directly managing the
farm: provided, that landowners
whose lands have been covered
by Presidential Decree No. 27
shall be allowed to keep the areas
originally retained by them
thereunder: provided, further, that
original homestead grantees or

Compensation the annual lease rental income
authorized by law capitalized at
the rate of six per centum per
annum.
For the purpose of determining the
cost of the land to be transferred
to the tenant-farmer pursuant to
this Decree, the value of the land
shall be equivalent to two and
one-half (2 ½) times the average
harvest of three normal crop years
immediately preceding the
promulgation of this Decree; cd i
The total cost of the land,
including interest at the rate of six
(6) per centum per annum, shall
be paid by the tenant in fifteen
(15) years of fifteen (15) equal
annual amortizations
(a)Bond payment over ten (10)
years, with ten percent (10%) of
the value of the land payable
immediately in cash, and the
balance in the form of LBP bonds
bearing market rates of interest
that are aligned with 90-day
treasury bills rates, net of
applicable final withholding tax.
One-tenth of the face value of the
bonds shall mature every year
from the date of issuance until
the tenth year.
The LBP bonds issued
hereunder shall be eligible for the
purchase of government assets
to be privatized. asia dc
(b)Direct payment in cash or in
kind by the farmer beneficiaries
with the terms to be mutually
agreed upon by the beneficiaries
and landowners and subject to
the approval of the Department
of Agrarian Reform; and
(c)Other modes of payment as
may be prescribed or approved by
the Presidential Agrarian Reform
Council.
their direct compulsory heirs who
still own the original homestead at
the time of the approval of this Act
shall retain the same areas as
long as they continue to cultivate
said homestead.
N/A In determining just compensation,
the cost of acquisition of the land,
the value of the standing crop, the
current: value of like properties, its
nature, actual use and income, the
sworn valuation by the owner, the
tax declarations, the assessment
made by government assessors,
[ADDS “and seventy percent
(70%) of the zonal valuation of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR),
translated into a basic formula by
the DAR shall be considered,
subject to the final decision of the
proper court.] The social and
economic benefits contributed by
the farmers and the farmworkers
and by the Government to the
property as well as the
nonpayment of taxes or loans
secured from any government
financing institution on the said
land shall be considered as
additional factors to determine its
valuation.