1. What is agrarian Reform?

Ans:
Agrarian reform is the physical redistribution of lands and the totality of factors
and support services designed to lift the economic status of beneficiaries and all other
arrangements alternative to the physical redistribution of the lands such as labor
administration, profit sharing and distribution of shares of stock. Regardless of the fruit
and crop produce.

2. What is Agrarian dispute? May sub-question pa yan di ko matandaan. ( See Section

3)

Ans:
Agrarian Dispute refers to any controversy relating to tenurial arrangements,
whether leasehold, tenancy, stewardship or otherwise, over lands devoted to agriculture,
including disputes concerning farmworkers associations or representation of persons in
negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of
such tenurial arrangements

3. What are the lands exempt from the coverage of Agrarian Reform Law?

Ans:
Lands that are exempt from the coverage of the agrarian law under section 10 are,
Farmlands that is actually, directly and exclusively used as wild parks, forest reservation
and mangroves. Farmlands that is actually, directly and exclusively used as fishpond and
prawn farm.

Farmlands that is actually, directly and exclusively used as for the following such as land
who has 18% slope, church, cemeteries, mosque, national defense and penal
establishments.
4. What are the factors in determining just compensation?

Ans:
Under Section 17 of the agrarian law the factors to be considered in determining
just compensation are the following.
-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 tax declarations

-the capitalized net income (CNI)

-comparable sale (CS)
-market value (MV)

5. What is the order of priority in distributing the lands?

Ans:
According to section 22 of the Agrarian law the order of priority in distributing
the lands shall go first to the child of the landowner. To be followed by the
-agricultural workers
-regular farmworkers
-seasonal workers
-other farmworkers
-occupants of public lands
-cooperatives of the above beneficiaries
- and others directly working on the land.

6. What are the qualifications of a beneficiary? ( See page 64)

Ans:
The basic qualifications of a beneficiary under CARP are the following

-Filipino citizen
-at least 15 years old
-must have the willingness aptitude and ability to cultivate the land

7. What are the qualifications in order that a three (3) hectares may be awarded to
each child of the landowner? (also see page 21)
 Ans:
According to section 6 of the Agrarian law. A child must be at least 15 years of
age and he or she is actually tilling the land or directly managing the farm.

8. What are the options of the tenant? What is the effect? (page 19 and 21 under
Section 6)

Ans:
According to the law the options of the tenant he or she can star or leave to the
chosen land of the landowner.

If he stay, he or she will be considered as agricultural lessee depriving him from

the benefits of the agrarian reform. If he choose to leave, he is entitled to the benefits of
the agrarian reform law.

9. What are the support services under the Department of Agrarian Reform?

Ans:
According to section 35 of the Agrarian law the support services provided are the
following.
-Irrigation facilities
-infrastructure development and public works that come under agrarian reform
-price support for all agricultural produce
-promoting and extending financial assistance
-development and dissemination of information on agrarian reform

10. Can agrarian reform beneficiaries sale or transfer the awarded lands? ( See Section
27 and page 77)

Ans:
 No, agrarian reform beneficiaries cannot, within a period of ten years, sell or
transfer ownership of the land awarded to them, except
-through hereditary succession
-to the Government
- to the Land Bank of the Philippines; or
-to other qualified beneficiaries