HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM

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AGENCY

1936

National Rice and

Corn
Corporation
(NARICC)

R.A. No. 663

National Land
Settlement
Administration
(NLSA)

CA No. 441

1939

LEGAL BASIS

FUNCTION

Develop and improve the rice and corn industries in all their phases, of stabilizing
the prices of rice and corn, and of promoting the social and economic conditions
of the people who are engaged in the production of these staple food. 1,2

Facilitate the acquisition, settlement and cultivation of lands whether acquired from

the Government or from private parties; 3

Afford opportunity to own farms to tenant farmers and small farmers from

congested areas, and to trainees who have completed the prescribed military
training. 4
Encourage migration to sparsely populated regions, and facilitate the

amalgamation of the people in different sections of the Philippines. 5

Develop new money crops to take the place of the present export crops which may

1 Section 1, R.A. No. 663.

2 In 1962, the NARIC was abolished. The functions of the NARIC was transferred to the Rice and Corn Administration (RCA), under
the Office of the President of the Philippines, by virtue of Republic Act No. 3452. In 1972, Presidential Decree No. 4 abolished the
RCA and created the National Grains Authority (NGA) in lieu thereof. The NGA, in turn, was reconstituted to what is now the National
Food Authority (NFA) through Presidential Decree No. 1770.
3 Section 2 (a), Commonwealth Act No. 441.
4 Section 2 (b), Commonwealth Act No. 441.
5 Section 2 (c), Commonwealth Act No. 441.

suffer from the loss of preferences which they enjoy in the American market. 6

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Land
Settlement
Development
Corporation
(LASEDECO)7

E.O. No. 355, s.

1950

Abolished the NLSA

Facilitate the acquisition, settlement and cultivation of agricultural lands; 8
Afford opportunity to own farms to tenant farmers and small farmers from

congested areas, to graduates of agricultural schools and colleges, to trainees

who have completed the prescribed military training, to veterans and members of
guerrilla organizations, and to other persons as may be determined by the Board
of Directors with the approval of the Secretary of Economic Coordination; 9
Encourage migration to sparsely populated regions, and facilitate the

amalgamation of the people in different sections of the Philippines; 10

Acquire by grant from the Republic of the Philippines unrestricted areas of public
agricultural lands in order to carry out its objectives; to survey, subdivide and set
aside lots or areas of such lands for farming, townsites, roads, parks, government
centers, recreational centers and other public and civic improvements; and to
dispose of farm lands and townsite lots to persons qualified and to the extent of

6 Section 2 (d), Commonwealth Act No. 441.

7 Section 12, Executive Order No. 355, series of 1950: The National Land Settlement Administration, and the Rice and Corn
Production Administration and the Machinery and Equipment Department of the National Development Company are hereby
dissolved. Any reference to the National Land Settlement Administration, and the Rice and Corn Production Administration and the
Machinery and Equipment Department of the National Development Company in any existing law, or in any Executive Order,
Administrative Order, or Proclamation of the President of the Philippines shall, with respect to any duty or function assumed by the
corporation created in this Order, be deemed hereafter to be reference to the LASEDECO.
8 Section 2 (a), Executive Order No. 355, series of 1950.
9 Section 2 (b), Executive Order No. 355, series of 1950.
10 Section 2 (c), Executive Order No. 355, series of 1950.

areas authorized under the Constitution and the Public Land Act, subject to such
other qualifications, and to prices, terms and conditions as may be prescribed by
the Board of Directors, with the approval of the Secretary of Economic
Coordination, the proceeds from disposition of the same to accrue to the
Corporation; Provided, however, That within a period of ten years after the final
grant, the farm lands and townsite lots aforementioned shall not, except by
inheritance, be encumbered, alienated or transferred, nor shall they become liable
to the satisfaction of any debt contracted prior to the expiration of the said period;
but the improvements or crops on such lands and lots may be mortgaged or
pledged to credit agencies duly authorized therefor by the Board of Directors; 11
Establish and operate credit agencies, electric light and water plants, water
supplies, irrigation systems, cooperative to engage in the buying and selling of
commodities, and other services or conveniences for the well-being of the settlers;
12

Encourage mechanized farming; to operate tractor and agricultural machinery

pools; and to maintain training centers for the operation and repair of agricultural
machinery, tractors and the like; 13
Assist in the establishment of agricultural and other vocational schools within the
areas under its territorial jurisdiction, and to allocate definite portions of farm lands
and townsite lots with a view to enabling students successfully finishing courses
prescribed in said agricultural and vocational schools to eventually acquire title
thereto; 14

11 Section 2 (d), Executive Order No. 355, series of 1950.

12 Section 2 (e), Executive Order No. 355, series of 1950.
13 Section 2 (f), Executive Order No. 355, series of 1950.
14 Section 2 (g), Executive Order No. 355, series of 1950.

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National
Resettlement
and
Rehabilitation
Administration
(NARRA)15

R.A. No. 1160

Free distribution of agricultural lands of the public domain to landless tenants and

farm workers who are citizens of the Philippines and to encourage migration to
sparsely populated regions pursuant to the fundamental policy of the government
to promote the level of production, employment and living standards of the
people.16
Select and screen applicants for allocation within the areas set aside for purposes

of settlement in the public domain [xxx];17

Assist settlers in transporting themselves, their belongings, work animals and farm

equipment, if any, from the communities from which they are migrating to the
settlement areas reserved for the purpose, and for subsistence necessary until
credit can be provided by the Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing
Administration (ACCFA) under section thirteen of this Act, or by any other credit
institution by loaning to them the full amount required for such purposes. [xxx]; 18
Assist the said settlers in securing equipment, supplies and materials needed in

the settlement areas at the most advantageous prices or terms, and, if requested,
to assist the cooperative associations of the new settlers in securing the most
advantageous prices or terms on farm implements and supplies needed by the
cooperative associations and their members; 19
Help provide housing and other accommodations for the new settlers in the

15 Abolished the LASEDECO. See Section 10, R.A. No. 1160: The Land Settlement and Development Corporation created under
Executive Order Numbered Three hundred fifty-five, dated October twenty three, nineteen hundred and fifty, known for short as
LASEDESCO (sic.), is hereby abolished, and all its obligations under said Executive Order, except its commercial accounts which
are to be paid as hereinafter provided, are hereby transferred to the Treasury of the Philippines to be amortized over a period of
fifteen years subject to the availability of funds of the Government.
16 Section 1, R.A. 1160.
17 Section 6(1), R.A. 1160.
18 Section 6(2), R.A. 1160.

settlement areas upon arrival by locating them in properly surveyed and

subdivided lots reserved for the purpose, to help organize community activities
that the new settlers require upon arrival in the new settlement, and to cooperate
with the agricultural extension service, the Bureau of Health, the Bureau of Public
Schools and other pertinent agencies of the Government, in providing the services
for the proper establishment of community facilities as well as the organization of
collective efforts essential to development in the new settlement areas. 20
Submit its annual report and balance sheets to the President and the Congress of

the Philippines, as provided in sections five hundred and seventy-four to five

hundred and seventy-seven of the Administrative Code; 21
Appoint and fix the number and salaries, upon recommendation of the Office of

Economic Coordination and with the approval of the President of the Philippines
and subject to Civil Service Law and Rules and the salary law, of such
subordinate personnel as may be necessary for the proper discharge of its duties
and functions and upon recommendation of the Office of Economic Coordination
and with the approval of the President, suspend, remove or otherwise discipline,
any of its subordinate employees22; and
Perform such other related duties as may be assigned to it by the President of the
Philippines from time to time. 23

19 Section 6(3), R.A. 1160.

20 Section 6(4), R.A. 1160.
21 Section 6(5), R.A. 1160.
22 Section 6(6), R.A. 1160.
23 Section 6(7), R.A. 1160.

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Land Authority

RA No. 3844 24

24 Agricultural Land Reform Code.

25 Section 49, R.A. No. 3844.
26 Section 51 (1), R.A. 3844.
27 Section 51 (2), R.A. 3844.

Carry out the policy of establishing owner-cultivatorship and the economic family-

size farm as the basis of Philippine agriculture and other policies enunciated in
this Code, there is hereby created a Land Authority, hereinafter called the
Authority, which shall be directly under the control and supervision of the
President of the Philippines.25
Initiate and prosecute expropriation proceedings for the acquisition of private

agricultural lands as defined in Section one hundred sixty-six of Chapter XI of this

Code for the purpose of subdivision into economic family-size farm units and
resale of said farm units to bona fide tenants, occupants and qualified farmers; 26
Help bona fide farmers without lands or agricultural owner-cultivators of

uneconomic-size farms to acquire and own economic family-size farm units; 27

Administer and dispose of agricultural lands of the public domain under the

custody and administration of the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation

Administration prior to the approval of this Code and such other public agricultural
lands as may hereafter be reserved by the President of the Philippines for
resettlement and sale [xxx}; 28
Develop plans and initiate actions for the systematic opening of alienable and

disposable lands of the public domain for speedy, distribution to and development
by deserving and qualified persons or corporations; 29
Recommend to the President, from time to time after previous consultation with
the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, what portion of the alienable

28 Section 51 (3), R.A. 3844.

29 Section 51 (4), R.A. 3844.

30 Section 51 (5), R.A. 3844.

31 Section 51 (6), R.A. 3844.
32 Section 51 (7), R.A. 3844.

or disposable public lands shall be reserved for settlement or disposition under

this chapter; 30
Give economic family-size farms to landless citizens of the Philippines who need,

deserve, and are capable of cultivating the land personally, through organized
resettlement, under the terms and conditions the Authority may prescribe, giving
priority to qualified and deserving farmers in the province where such lands are
located; 31
Reclaim swamps and marshes, obtain titles thereto whenever feasible and

subdivide them into economic family-size farms for distribution to deserving and
qualified farmers; 32
Undertake measures which will insure the early issuance of titles to persons or

corporations who have actually settled and cultivated disposable alienable lands of
the public domain; 33
Survey, subdivide and set aside lands or areas of landholdings under its

administration for economic family-size farms, large-scale farm operations, town

sites, roads, parks, government centers and other civic improvements as
circumstances may warrant and to submit subdivision survey plans conducted
either by the government or private surveyors on parcels of lands under its
administration for verification and approval either by the Director of Lands or by
the Land Registration Commission; 34
Inform the Agricultural Productivity Commission and the Office of the Agrarian
Counsel of the problems of settlers and farmers on lands under its administration;
35

33 Section 51 (8), R.A. 3844.

34 Section 51 (9), R.A. 3844.
35 Section 51 (10), R.A. 3844.
36 Section 51 (11), R.A. 3844.
37 Section 51 (12), R.A. 3844.

Acquire for agricultural lessees exercising their right of pre-emption under Chapter

I of this Code, any landholdings mentioned thereunder; 36

Conduct land capability survey and classification of the entire country and print

maps; 37
Make such arrangements with the Land Bank with respect to titles of agricultural

lands of the public domain under its administration as will be necessary to carry
out the objectives of this Code; 38
Expropriate home lots occupied by agricultural lessees outside their landholdings

for resale at cost to said agricultural lessees; 39 and

Submit to the President of the Philippines and to both Houses of Congress
through their presiding officers, to the Secretary of Finance and to the Auditor

38 Section 51 (13), R.A. 3844.

39 Section 51 (14), R.A. 3844.

General within sixty days of the close of the fiscal year, an annual report showing
its accomplishments during the year; the expropriation proceedings it has
undertaken; the expenditures it has incurred and other financial transactions
undertaken with respect thereto. 40

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Department of
Agrarian
Reform41

RA No. 638942
and RA 639043

Initiate and prosecute expropriation proceedings for the acquisition of private

agricultural lands [xxx];44

Acquire private agricultural lands regardless of area through negotiated purchase

subject to approval of the court as to price for distribution and sale at cost to their
actual occupants who are tillers of the land in lots of not more than six hectares
[xxx]; 45
Help bona fide farmers without lands or agricultural owner-cultivators of

40 Section 51 (15), R.A. 3844.

41 A separate administrative agency for agrarian reform, replacing the Land Authority. See Section 12, R.A. No. 6389: The Land
Authority under the Office of the President and a member-agency of the Land Reform Project Administration is hereby abolished;
and its functions are transferred to the Department, together with applicable appropriations, records, equipment, property, and such
personnel as may be necessary.
42 The Code of Agrarian Reforms in the Philippines amended R.A. No. 3844. See Section 1, R.A. 6389: Section 1, 2, 3 and 4 of
Republic Act No. thirty eight hundred and forty-four, otherwise known as the Agricultural Land Reform Code [xxx]; Governed the
implementation of the agrarian reform in the Philippines. This law instituted the Code of Agrarian Reforms and significantly amended
several provisions of Agricultural Land Reform Code or RA 3844. Accelerate the implementation of the of the agrarian reform
program in the fields of land acquisition and agricultural credit.
43 An Act To Accelerate The Implementation Of The Agrarian Reform Program By Creating An Agrarian Reform Special Account In
The General Fund, Providing The Necessary Funds Therefor, And For Other Purposes.
44 Section 12 (1), R.A. No. 6389
45 Section 12 (2), R.A. No. 6389

uneconomic size farms to acquire and own economic family-size farm units of not
more than six hectares each; 46
Administer and dispose of agricultural lands of the public domain under the
custody and administration of the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation
Administration and the Economic Development Corps of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines prior to the approval of this Amendatory Act and such other public
agricultural lands as may hereafter be reserved by the President of the Philippines
or by law for resettlement and sale, in accordance with such terms and conditions
as are set forth under this chapter: Provided, That the exercise of the authority
granted herein, as well as the preceding subparagraph, shall not contravene
public policy on the permanency of forest reserves or other laws intended for the

46 Section 12 (3), R.A. No. 6389

preservation and conservation of public national and municipal forests, parks and
watersheds: Provided, further, That said authority shall not be construed to
exclude the other modes of disposition of public agricultural lands under the public
land Act or to contravene the authority granted by law to the Department of
Agriculture and Natural Resources over all public agricultural lands not covered by
the Agrarian Reform Program: Provided, finally, That the Secretary of the
Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall within a period of ten years
from the approval of this Amendatory Act, release to the Department of Agrarian
Reform for resettlement and sale all lands of the public domain reserved for

agricultural resettlement and sale except public agricultural lands which are
reserved as settlements for the national cultural minorities under the
administration of the Commission on National Integration; 47
Develop plans and initiate actions for the systematic opening of alienable and

disposable lands of the public domain for speedy distribution to and development
by deserving and qualified persons who do not own any land in sizes of not more
than six hectares; 48
Recommend to the President, from time to time after previous consultation with
the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, what portion of the alienable,

47 Section 12 (4), R.A. No. 6389

48 Section 12 (4), R.A. No. 6389

49 Section 12 (5), R.A. No. 6389

50 Section 12 (6), R.A. No. 6389
51 Section 12 (7), R.A. No. 6389

or disposable public lands shall be reserved for resettlement or disposition under

this Chapter; 49
Give economic family-size farms of not more than six hectares to landless citizens

of the Philippines who need, deserve, and are capable of cultivating the land
personally, through organized resettlement, under the terms and conditions the
Department may prescribe, giving priority to qualified and deserving farmers in the
province where such lands are located; 50
Reclaim swamps and marshes for agricultural purposes only, obtain titles thereto

whenever feasible and subdivide them into economic family-size farms of not
more than six hectares for distribution to deserving and qualified farmers; 51
Undertake measures which will insure the early issuance of titles to persons or

52 Section 12 (8), R.A. No. 6389

53 Section 12 (9), R.A. No. 6389

corporations who have actually settled and cultivated alienable lands of the public
domain; 52
Survey, subdivide and set aside lands or areas of land-holdings under its custody

and administration for economic family-size farms, large-scale farm operations,

town sites, roads, parks, government centers and other civic improvements as
circumstances may warrant: Provided, That the Bureau of Lands and the Land
Registration Commission, as the case may be, shall verify the said surveys or
subdivisions, and after such verifications, approve or disapprove the same; and
issue, in case of approval of said surveys or subdivisions, the corresponding
patents and titles thereto; 53
Inform the Agricultural Productivity Commission and the Department of Agriculture

54 Section 12 (10), R.A. No. 6389

55 Section 12 (11), R.A. No. 6389
56 Section 12 (12), R.A. No. 6389

and Natural Resources of the problems of settlers and farmers on lands under its
administration and in land reform areas; 54
Acquire for agricultural lessees exercising their right to pre-emption and

redemption under Chapter I of this Code, any land-holdings mentioned

thereunder; 55
Conduct land capability survey and classification of the entire country and print

maps; 56
Make such arrangements with the Land Bank with respect to titles of agricultural

57 Section 12 (13), R.A. No. 6389

58 Section 12 (14), R.A. No. 6389
59 Section 12 (15), R.A. No. 6389

lands of the public domain under its administration as will be necessary to carry
out the objectives of this Code; 57
Expropriate home lots occupied by agricultural lessees outside their landholdings

for resale at cost to said agricultural lessees; 58

See to it that all agricultural lands, either public or private, distributed by the

government to the beneficiaries of the Agrarian Reform Program shall be sold only
by the said beneficiaries to the government; 59 and
Submit to the President of the Philippines and to both Houses of Congress

through their presiding officers, to the Secretary of Finance and to the Auditor
General within sixty days of the close of the fiscal year, an annual report showing
its Accomplishments during the year; the expropriation proceedings it has
undertaken; the expenditures it has incurred and other financial transactions
undertaken with respect thereto. 60

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Ministry of

60 Section 12 (16), R.A. No. 6389

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Under the parliamentary form of government, the DAR was renamed the Ministry of

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Agrarian
Reform
Ministry of
Agrarian
Reform

Agrarian Reform
EO 12961,62

Acquire, determine the value of, subdivided into family-size farms or organize into

collective or cooperative farms and develop private agricultural lands for

distribution to qualified tillers, actual occupants, and displaced urban poor; 63
Administer and dispose of all cultivable portions of the public domain

proclaimed/reserved as resettlement areas for agricultural purposes by the

President; 64
Acquire, by purchase or grant, real estate properties suited for agriculture that

have been foreclosed by the national government; 65

Undertake land consolidation, land reclamation, land forming, and conservation in

areas subject to agrarian reform; 66

Compensate the landowners covered by agrarian reform; 67
Issue emancipation patents to farmers and farmworkers who have been given

61 Reorganization Act of the Ministry of Agrarian Reform.

62 Section 20, E.O. No. 129: Change of Nomenclature. In the event of the adoption of a New Constitution which
provides for a presidential form of government, the Ministry shall be called Department of Agrarian Reform and the
titles of Minister, Deputy Minister and Assistant Minister shall be changed to Secretary, Deputy Secretary and
Assistant Secretary, respectively.
63 Section 4(a), E.O. No. 129.
64 Section 4(b), E.O. No. 129.
65 Section 4(c), E.O. No. 129.
66 Section 4(d), E.O. No. 129.
67 Section 4(e), E.O. No. 129.

68 Section 4(f), E.O. No. 129.

69 Section 4(g), E.O. No. 129.
70 Section 4(h), E.O. No. 129.
71 Section 4(i), E.O. No. 129.
72 Section 4(j), E.O. No. 129.
73 Section 4(k), E.O. No. 129.
74 Section 4(l), E.O. No. 129.

lands under the agrarian reform program as may be provided for by law; 68
Provide free legal services to agrarian reform beneficiaries and resolve agrarian

conflicts and land tenure problems; 69

Develop and implement alternative land tenure systems such as cooperative

farming and agro-industrial estates, among others; 70

Undertake extensive information and education programs on agrarian reform

among the beneficiaries, the government sector, and the general public; 71
Undertake land use management and land development studies and projects in

agrarian reform areas; 72

Approve or disapprove the conversion, restructuring or readjustment of agricultural

lands into non-agricultural uses; 73

Monitor and evaluate the progress of agrarian reform implementation; 74
Assist the Office of the Government General Counsel (Office of the Solicitor

General) in providing evidence for the reversion proceedings to be filed with

respect to lands of the public domain, occupied by private individuals and their
tenants or farm workers which are subject to land reform, and real rights
connected therewith which have been acquired in violation of the Constitution or
the public land laws, or through corrupt practices; no transfer or disposition of
such lands or real rights shall be allowed until after the lapse of one year from the
ratification of the new Constitution; 75
Submit progress reports to the Office of the President, to Congress, and to the
people at the end of each year and at all times make available to the general
public information on the current status of its programs. 76

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Agrarian
Reform

EO 129-A77

Acquire, determine the value of, subdivide into family-size farms

or organize into collective of cooperative farms and develop
private agricultural lands for distribution to qualified tillers, actual
occupants, and displaced urban poor; 78

Administer and dispose all cultivable portions of the public domain declared as

alienable and disposable for agricultural purposes transferred to it by the

Department of Environment and Natural Resources;79
Acquire, by purchase or grant, real estate properties suited for agriculture that
have been foreclosed by the national government; 80

75 Section 4(m), E.O. No. 129.

76 Section 4(n), E.O. No. 129.
77 Reorganization Act of the Department of Agrarian Reform.
78 Section 4(a), E.O. No. 129-A.
79 Section 4(b), E.O. No. 129-A.
80 Section 4(c), E.O. No. 129-A.

81 Section 4(d), E.O. No. 129-A.

82 Section 4(e), E.O. No. 129-A.
83 Section 4(f), E.O. No. 129-A.
84 Section 4(g), E.O. No. 129-A.
85 Section 4(h), E.O. No. 129-A.
86 Section 4(i), E.O. No. 129-A.
87 Section 4(k), E.O. No. 129-A.
88 Section 4(l), E.O. No. 129-A.

Undertake land consolidation, land reclamation, land forming, and conservation in

areas subject to agrarian reform; 81

Facilitate the compensation of landowners covered by agrarian reform; 82
Issue emancipation patents to farmers and farmworkers who have been given

lands under the agrarian reform program as may be provided for by law; 83
Provide free legal services to agrarian reform beneficiaries and resolve agrarian

conflicts and land tenure problems; 84

Develop and implement alternative land tenure systems such as cooperative

farming and agro-industrial estates, among others; 85

Undertake land use management and land development studies and projects in

agrarian reform areas; 86

Approve or disapprove the conversion, restructuring or readjustment of agricultural

lands into non-agricultural uses; 87

Monitor and evaluate the progress of agrarian reform implementation; 88
Assist the Office of the Solicitor General in providing evidence for the reversion

proceedings to be filed with respect to lands of the public domain, occupied by

private individuals and their tenants or farmworkers which are subject to land
reform, and real rights connected therewith which have been acquired in violation
of the Constitution or the public land laws or through corrupt practices; 89
Submit progress reports to the Office of the President, to Congress, and to the
people at the end of each year and at all times make available to the general
public information on the current status of its programs. 90

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Department of
Agrarian
Reform

Department of
Land Reform

R.A.665791

E.O. No. 364,

series of 2004

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in coordination with the Presidential

Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) shall plan and program the acquisition and
distribution of all agricultural lands through a period of ten (10) years from the
effectivity of this Act.
Creation of Support Services Office.92

Department of Agrarian Reform is hereby transformed into the Department of

Land Reform. It shall be responsible for all land reform in the country, including
agrarian reform, urban land reform, and ancestral domain reform.
The PCUP is hereby placed under the supervision and control of the Department

of Land Reform. The Chairman of the PCUP shall be ex-officio Undersecretary of

the Department of Land Reform for Urban Land Reform.
The NCIP is hereby placed under the supervision and control of the Department of
Land Reform.

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Agrarian
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E.O. No. 456, s.

2005

89 Section 4(m), E.O. No. 129-A.

90 Section 4(n), E.O. No. 129-A.
91 Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988

Department of Land Reform was renamed as Department of Agrarian Reform.

92 SECTION 35. Creation of Support Services Office. There is hereby created the Office of Support Services under
the DAR to be headed by an Undersecretary. The Office shall provide general support and coordinative services in
the implementation of the program particularly in carrying out the provisions of the following services to farmerbeneficiaries and affected landowners: 1) Irrigation facilities, especially second crop or dry season irrigation
facilities; 2) Infrastructure development and public works projects in areas and settlements that come under
agrarian reform, and for this purpose, the preparation of the physical development plan of such settlements
providing suitable barangay sites, potable water and power resources, irrigation systems and other facilities for a
sound agricultural development plan; 3) Government subsidies for the use of irrigation facilities; 4) Price support and
guarantee for all agricultural produce; 5) Extending to small landowners, farmers' organizations the necessary
credit, like concessional and collateral-free loans, for agro-industrialization based on social collaterals like the
guarantees of farmers' organization: 6) Promoting, developing and extending financial assistance to small-and
medium-scale industries in agrarian reform areas; 7) Assigning sufficient numbers of agricultural extension workers
to farmers' organizations; 8) Undertake research, development and dissemination of information on agrarian reform
and low-cost and ecologically sound farm inputs and technologies to minimize reliance on expensive and imported
agricultural inputs; 9) Development of cooperative management skills through intensive training; 10) Assistance in
the identification of ready markets for agricultural produce and training in other various prospects of marketing; and
cdtai 11) Administration operation management and funding of support services, programs and projects including
pilot projects and models related to agrarian reform as developed by the DAR.