Agrarian reform and the difficult road to peace in the ...

ReportDecember 2015 Executive summaryBy Danilo T. CarranzaAgrarian reform and the difficult road to peace in the Philippine countrysideAgrarian reform and conflict in the rural areas of the Philippines are closely intertwined. The weak government implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian reform Program, inherent loopholes in the law, strong landowner resistance, weak farmers organisations, and the continuing espousal by the New People s Army of its own Agrarian revolution combine to make the government s Agrarian reform programme only partially successful in breaking up land monopolies. This is why poverty is still pronounced in many rural areas. The rise of an Agrarian reform movement has significantly contributed to the partial success of the government s Agrarian reform programme.

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Pro-gramme Agrarian reform was considered an essential component of the post-Marcos rural democratisation process. And the

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