Exam - semis

• Rice being the staple food among Filipinos, served as the medium of exchange during the pre-colonial period.
• During the pre-colonial period only nobility can access the fruits of the soil.
• Encomederos provided just compensation upon seizure of farm animals and crops.
• During the American occupation, the promotion of social justice to ensure the well-being and economic security of all people was the primary concern.
• The Tenancy Act of 1933 or Act No.4054 and Act No. 4113 regulated the relationships between landowners and tenants of rice and sugar cane lands which provided a 50-50 sharing.
• The National Rice and Corn Corporation, an office created in 1939, was mandated to facilitate the sale or lease of the haciendas to the tenants.
• President Manuel Roxas enacted Republic Act No. 44 which established 70-30 sharing arrangements.
• The Agricultural Machinery Equipment Corporation and the Rice and Corn Production Administration took over the responsibilities of the Land Settlement Development Corporations.
• Republic Act No. 1160 of 1954 abolished LASEDECO and created NARRA.
• The Macapagal Administration set retention limit at 70 hectares.
• CARL


  Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988
• Pre-colonial community


  Villages or Barangays
• Lowest level within the pre-colonial social structure

  Alipin / dependents / slaves
• Land registration Act of 1902 or Act No.496

  Provided a comprehensive registration of land titles under the Torrens system
• Public Land Act of 1903

  Introduced the homestead system in the Philippines
• Torrens System


  Aims to put stop forever to any question of legality of the title
• NARIC


  National Rice and Corn Corporation
• Rural Program Administration


  The office created in 1939, mandated to facilitate the sale or lease of the haciendas to the tenants
• Roxas Administration


  Enacted Republic Act No. 34 which established 70-30 sharing arrangements between landlord and tenants
• LASEDECO


  Land Settlement Development Corporation
• NARRA


  National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration
• Agricultural Tenancy Act of 1954


  Also known as Republic Act No. 1199 that governed the relationship between landowners and tenant farmers by organizing share-tenancy and leasehold systems
• LTA


  Land Tenure Administration
• ACCFA


  Agricultural Credit Cooperative Financing Administration
• Philippine Bill of 1902 (Cooper Act)

  A proposed law that provided a Bill of Rights for the Filipinos
• Agricultural Land Reform Code


  Hailed in August of 1963 as the one that would emancipate Filipino farmers from the bondage of tenancy
• Macapagal Administration


  Enacted the Agricultural Land reform Code or Republic Act No. 3844
• The Macapagal administration set a retention limit at 75 hectares.
• DAR


  Department of Agrarian Reform
• During the Marcos administration, the retention limit was set at 7 hectares.
• CARP


  Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
• Ramos Administration


  Committed to the vision "Fairer, faster and more meaningful implementation of the Agrarian Reform Program"
• Executive Order No. 363


  Limits the type of lands that may be converted
• AFMA


  Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act
• Executive Order No. 151 (Farmer's Trust Fund)


  Allowed the voluntary consolidation of small farm operations into medium and large scale integrated enterprises that can access long-term capital
• Arroyo Administration


  Vision is "To make the countryside economically viable for the Filipino Family by building partnership and promoting social equity and new economic opportunities towards lasting peace and sustainable rural development"
• ARCs


  Agrarian Reform Communities
• ARCCESS


  Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support Services
• Duterte Administration


  Pursued an "aggressive" land reform program that would alleviate the life of poor Filipino farmers by prioritizing the provision of support services alongside distribution