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Agricultural Land Reform Code (Republic Act No. 3844).

Country/Territory
Philippines
Document type
Legislation
Date
1963
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to ordain the Agricultural Land Reform Code and to institute land reforms in the Philippines, including the abolition of tenancy and the channelling of capital into industry, provide for the necessary implementing agencies, appropriate funds therefore and for other purposes.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil
Keyword
Agricultural development Agricultural land Financial agricultural measures Land reform Family farming Farming Basic legislation Land tenure Institution Smallholders/peasants
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 8 August 1963.
Abstract

This Code was enacted to institute land reforms in the Philippines and aimed at establishing owner-cultivatorship and the family-size farm as the basis of Philippine agriculture; achieving a dignified existence for the small farmers free from pernicious industrial restraints and practices; and making small farmers more independent, self-reliant and responsible citizens.

Full text
English
Website
www.dar.gov.ph

References - Legislation

Amended by

Republic Act No. 9700 amending Republic Act No. 6657 on the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law 1988.

Legislation | Philippines | 2009

Keyword: Agricultural development, Family farming, Social protection, Indigenous peoples, Farming, Land reform, Agricultural land, Policy/planning, Transfer, Subsidy/incentive, Institution, Court/tribunal, Gender, Smallholders/peasants

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Republic Act No. 10374 amending Agricultural Land Reform Code by extending the life of the Land Bank of the Philippines.

Legislation | Philippines | 2012

Keyword: Agricultural development, Agricultural land, Financial agricultural measures, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Smallholders/peasants, Land reform, Financing, Lease, Private land

Source: FAO, FAOLEX