AGRI Law

Question 1

Emancipation of Tenant-Farmers from Bondage of the Soil (Tenant Emancipation Act)

Answer 1

PD 27

Question 2

PD 27 date

Answer 2

October 21, 1972

Question 3

PD 27 applies to tenant-farmers of private agricultural lands devoted to ___ under a system of ___, whether classified as landed estate or not

Answer 3

rice and corn, sharecrop or lease-tenancy

Question 4

PD 27: Farmers to have ownership of family-size farm of

Answer 4

5 hectares if not irrigated
3 hectares if irrigated

Question 5

PD 27: The landowner may retain an area of not more than ___ if such landowner is cultivating such area or will cultivate it

Answer 5

7 hectares

Question 6

PD 27: the value of the land shall be equivalent to ___ immediately preceding the promulgation of this Decree

Answer 6

2 1/2 time the average harvest of three normal crop years

Question 7

PD 27. The total cost of land, including interest at the rate of ___ shall be paid by the tenant in ___

Answer 7

6 per centum per annum, 15 years of 15 equal annual amortizations

Question 8

land is not transferable except by

Answer 8

hereditary succession or to the government

Question 9

tenant-farmer has to become a ___ to own land title

Answer 9

a full-fledged member of a duly recognized famer’s cooperative

Question 10

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program of 1988

Answer 10

RA 6657

Question 11

RA 6657 was approved on

Answer 11

June 10, 1988

Question 12

RA 6657 effectivity date

Answer 12

June 15, 1988

Question 13

DOJ Opinion No. 44, Series of 1990 state that with respect to the conversion of agricultural lands covered by RA 6657 to non-agricultural uses, the authority of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to approve such conversion may be exercised from the date of its effectivity of its effectivity, or on June 15, 1988. Thus, all lands that are already classified as ___ no longer need any conversion clearance

Answer 13

commercial, industrial, or residential before June 15, 1988

Question 14

redistribution of lands regardless of crops or fruits produced, to farmers, and regular farm workers who are landless

Answer 14

Agrarian Reform

Question 15

cultivation of the soil, planting of crops, growing of trees, raising of livestock, poultry or fish including the harvesting of such farm products and other farm activities and practices performed by a farmer in conjunction with such farming operations done by persons whether natural or juridical

Answer 15

Agriculture, Agricultural Enterprise or Agricultural Activity

Question 16

devoted to agricultural activity, not classified as mineral, forest, residential, commercial, or industrial land

Answer 16

Agricultural land

Question 17

any controversy relating to tenurial arrangement whether leasehold tenancy and stewardship concerning farmworker’s associations

Answer 17

Agrarian dispute

Question 18

as amended by ___ remove the phrase “raising of livestock, poultry and fish” from Agriculture, Agricultural Enterprise or Agricultural Activity

Answer 18

Section 1, RA 7881

Question 19

a natural employed on a permanent basis by a agricultural enterprise or farm

Answer 19

regular farmworker

Question 20

a natural person who is employed on a recurrent, periodic or intermittent basis by an agricultural enterprise or farm, whether as a permanent or a nonpermanent laborer, such as “dumaan”. “scada”, and the like

Answer 20

seasonal farmworker

Question 21

organizations composed primarily of small agricultural producers, farmers, farmworkers, or other agrarian reform beneficiaries who voluntarily organize themselves for the purpose of pooling land, human, technological, financial or other economic resources, and operated on the principle of one member, one vote

Answer 21

Cooperatives

Question 22

women who are engaged directly or indirectly in farming and/or fishing as their source of livelihood, whether paid or unpaid, regular or seasonal, or in food preparation, managing the household, caring for the children, and other similar activities

Answer 22

Rural women

Question 23

RA 6657 Coverage

Answer 23

(a) All alienable and disposable lands of the public domain devoted to or suitable for agriculture

(b) All lands of the public domain in excess of the specific limits as determined by Congress in the preceding paragraph

(c) All other lands owned by the Government devoted to or suitable for agricultural; and

(d) All private lands devoted to or suitable for agriculture regardless of the agricultural products raised or that can be raised

Question 24

The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 shall cover, regardless of tenurial arrangement and commodity produced, all public and private agricultural lands as provided in ___, including other lands of the public domain suitable for agriculture: Provided, ___

Answer 24

Proclamation No. 131 and Executive Order No. 229, That landholdings of landowners with a total area of five (5) hectares shall not be covered for acquisition and distribution to qualified beneficiaries

Question 25

RA 6657 schedule of implementation

Answer 25

within 10 years from the effectivity of this act

Question 26

RA 6657 retention limits

Answer 26

In no case shall retain not exceeding five (5) hectares. Three (3) hectares may be awarded to each child of the landowner, subject to the following qualifications: (1) that he is at least fifteen (15) years of age (2) that he is actually tilling the land or directly managing the farm

Question 27

RA 6657 determination of just compensation

Answer 27

(1) Cash payment (2) Shares of stock in government-owned or controlled corporations (3) Tax credits which can be used against any tax liability (4) LBP bonds

Question 28

After the lapse of ___ from its award, when the land ceases to be economically feasible and sound for agricultural purposes, or the locality has become urbanized and the land will have a greater economic value for residential, commercial, or industrial purposes, the DAR, upon application of the beneficiary or the landowner, with due notice to the affected parties, and subject to existing laws, may authorize the reclassification or conversion of the land and its disposition: provided that the shall fully paid his obligation

Answer 28

5 years

Question 29

Lands acquired by beneficiaries under this Act may not be sold, transferred or conveyed except through hereditary succession, or to the government, or the LBP, or to other qualified beneficiaries for a period of ___: provided, however, that the children or the spouse of the transferor shall have a right to repurchase the land from the government or LBP within a period of ___

Answer 29

ten (10) years, two (2) years

Question 30

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms

Answer 30

RA 8532

Question 31

RA 8532 approved on

Answer 31

February 23, 1998

Question 32

The act amends Section 63 of RA 6657 to provide additional funding for the comprehensive agrarian reform program

Answer 32

RA 8532 (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms)

Question 33

It authorizes an additional P50 billion in funding for CARP implementation until 2008, in addition to the initial P50 billion provided under EO 229

Answer 33

RA 8532 (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms)

Question 34

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms

Answer 34

RA 9700

Question 35

RA 9700 approved on

Answer 35

August 7, 2009

Question 36

RA 9700: Landholdings of ___ are exempt from acquisition

Answer 36

5 hectares and below

Question 37

RA 9700: Government units acquiring private lands for public purposes are

Answer 37

exempt from retention limits

Question 38

RA 9700: Lands above ___ will be prioritized for acquisition until 2012, followed by lands ___ until 2013, then lands ___ until 2014

Answer 38

50 hectares, 24-50 hectares, 10-24 hectares

Question 39

Applications for conversion above 50 hectares shall be approved by the ___

Answer 39

Secretary of Agrarian Reform

Question 40

Applications for conversion up to 50 hectares shall be approved by

Answer 40

Under-secretary for Planning and Policy

Question 41

Title issued to agrarian reform beneficiaries were to become indefeasible and imprescriptible after ____

Answer 41

one year of registration

Question 42

Beneficiaries could opt for individual or collective land ownership not exceeding ___ for cooperatives

Answer 42

3 hectares

Question 43

RA 9700: Payments to LBP awarded lands were to be in ___ starting one year after registration

Answer 43

30 annual amortizations at 6% interest

Question 44

is given primary jurisdiction over agrarian reform implementation and dispute settlement

Answer 44

DAR

Question 45

RA 9700: Lands can be converted to non-agricultural use after ___ if no longer viable for farming or in urbanized areas, with government approval and investment of sale proceeds

Answer 45

5 years

Question 46

these are former haciendas or landholdings of private individuals or corporations which have been acquired by the Government under different laws

Answer 46

Landed Estates