AN D A G R A R I A N R EF O R M

L A ND
G A RC I A & M A C A PA G AL
DURING
ADMIN I S T R A T IO N

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CAR LO S P. G A R C IA
ADMI N I S T R AT I O N
(1957-1961)
 There was no legislation passed in
Carlos Garcias term but he
continued to implement the land
reform programs of President
Magsaysay.

CARLOS P. GARCIA ADMINISTRATION (1957-1961)

FILIPINO FIRST POLICY
This is the law that was passed by the Garcia administration, to
give the local businessmen more priority over foreign investors.
The government sector would help local businessmen entering
industry that was filled with foreign competitors, and give them
aid, and sometimes, financial assistance. Products of Filipino
businessmen were also preferred over foreign products.

CARLOS P. GARCIA ADMINISTRATION (1957-1961)

 Because of the socioeconomic problems that
confronted the country, President Garcia anchored
his program of government in austerity.
The government also would reduce rice imports to a
minimum. An overhauling of the local transportation
system would be attempted so as to reduce the
importation of gasoline and spare parts.

CARLOS P. GARCIA ADMINISTRATION (1957-1961)

The tax system would be revised so as to attain
more equitable distribution of the payment-
burden and achieve more effective collection
from those with ability to pay.
There would be an intensification of food
production.

CARLOS P. GARCIA ADMINISTRATION (1957-1961)

DIOSDADO M A C A P AG A L
AD M I N IS T R AT I O N
(1961-1965)
Diosdado P. Macapagal (1910-1997) was the fifth
president of the Republic of the Philippines. He was
instrumental in initiating and executing the Land
Reform Code, which was designed to solve the
centuries-old land tenancy problem, the principal
cause of the communist guerrilla movement in Central
Luzon.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ADMINISTRATION (1961-1965)

AGRICULTURAL LAND REFORM CODE
(RA NO. 3844)

This was considered to be the most comprehensive

piece of agrarian reform legislation and was a
majorPhilippine Land Reform law enacted ever
enacted in the country that time. Because of this,
President Diosdado Macapagal was considered as the
Father of Agrarian Reform.
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ADMINISTRATION (1961-1965)
The RA no. 3844 was considered as such because this act
abolished share tenancy in the Philippines. It prescribed a
program converting the tenant farmers to lessees and
eventually into owner-cultivators. Moreover, it aimed to free
tenants from the bondage of tenancy and gave hope to poor
Filipino farmers to own the land they are tilling. Finally, it
emphasized owner-cultivator relationship and farmer
independence, equity, productivity improvement and the public
distribution of land.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ADMINISTRATION (1961-1965)

However, the landed congress did not provide effort to come
up with a separate bill to provide funding for its
implementation. The act was piloted in the provinces of
Pangasinan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac,
Occidental Mindoro, Camarines Sur and Misamis Oriental. It
acquired a total of 18,247.06 hectares or 99.29% out of the
total scope of 18,377.05 hectares. The program benefited
7,466 farmer beneficiaries. (BLAD-DAR official records)

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ADMINISTRATION (1961-1965)

The code declared that it was state policy
To establish owner-cultivatorship and the economic family-size
farm as the basis of Philippine agriculture and, as a
consequence, divert landlord capital in agriculture to industrial
development;
To achieve a dignified existence for the small farmers free from
pernicious institutional restraints and practices;
To create a truly viable social and economic structure in
agriculture conducive to greater productivity and higher farm
incomes;

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ADMINISTRATION (1961-1965)

To apply all labor laws equally and without discrimination
to both industrial and agricultural wage earners;
To provide a more vigorous and systematic land
resettlement program and public land distribution; and
To make the small farmers more independent, self-reliant
and responsible citizens, and a source of genuine strength
in our democratic society.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ADMINISTRATION (1961-1965)

 And, in pursuance of those policies, established
the following
1. An agricultural leasehold system to replace all existing share
tenancy systems in agriculture;
2. A declaration of rights for agricultural labor;
3. An authority for the acquisition and equitable distribution of
agricultural land;
4. An institution to finance the acquisition and distribution of
agricultural land;
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ADMINISTRATION (1961-1965)
5. A machinery to extend credit and similar assistance to agriculture;
6. A machinery to provide marketing, management, and other
technical services to agriculture;
7. A unified administration for formulating and implementing
projects of land reform;
8. An expanded program of land capability survey, classification, and
registration; and
9. A judicial system to decide issues arising under this code and
other related laws and regulations.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ADMINISTRATION (1961-1965)

DISCOVERY OF MIRACLE RICE
In the field of agriculture, the propagation of miracle rice, a
variety developed by the international rice research institute
at Los Baos, was disseminated to increase rice production.
The administration also tried to implement further a land
reform program to free the tenants from age-old bondage to
the soil. For the urban poor in manila, the administration
initiated the instruction of tenement housing for the masses.
It was a milestone in the field of rice research, and for the
rice-growing nations of Asia too. According to reports, the
arrival of IR8 saved millions from starvation in countries like
India, where very few varieties of rice were available at that
time. Besides jump-starting agricultural production across
Asia, IR8 has had a remarkable advantage over other rice
types that were grown in Asia. This variety requires nearly
about 130 days to get mature, whereas the traditional ones
take around 160 to 170 days.
THAN K Y OU !! ! !