Topic 10: AGRARIAN REFORM

Question 1

The agricultural system that kept land ownership under the King of Spain but allowed natives to cultivate the land.

Answer 1

Pueblo Agriculture System

Question 2

The law during the Spanish period that allowed land registration, displacing many Filipino farmers.

Answer 2

Land Registration Law of the 1860s

Question 3

The system where Filipinos worked unpaid services and surrendered harvests to Spanish encomenderos.

Answer 3

Encomienda System

Question 4

The administration that established the Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing Administration (ACCFA).

Answer 4

President Ramon Magsaysay

Question 5

The decree that recognized tenant farmers as landowners of rice and corn lands during Martial Law.

Answer 5

Presidential Decree No. 27

Question 6

The percentage split of tenant-landlord land shares under Republic Act No. 34 during the Roxas administration.

Answer 6

70-30

Question 7

The agency responsible for implementing land distribution under CARP.

Answer 7

Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)

Question 8

The amendment to CARP that extended its implementation by five years in 2009.

Answer 8

CARPER (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms)

Question 9

The main goal of the Agricultural Land Reform Code of 1963 (RA 3844).

Answer 9

Abolition of share tenancy and promotion of owner-cultivatorship

Question 10

The system requiring tenant farmers to amortize land payments over 15 years.

Answer 10

Amortization

Question 11

The policy that created resettlement programs for peasants during the Quirino administration.

Answer 11

Land Settlement Development Corporation (LASEDECO)

Question 12

The year the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) was passed.

Answer 12

1988

Question 13

The colonial system that led to agrarian revolts due to abuses by Spanish landowners.

Answer 13

Hacienda System

Question 14

The program responsible for distributing over 1 million hectares to farmer-beneficiaries from 2009-2014.

Answer 14

CARPER

Question 15

The constitutional amendment that outlined agrarian reform under President Corazon Aquino.

Answer 15

1987 Constitution

Question 16

TRUE or FALSE
The CARPER program successfully distributed all targeted lands to beneficiaries.

Answer 16

False (500,000 hectares remained undistributed after 27 years.)

Question 17

TRUE or FALSE
Presidential Decree No. 27 applied only to rice and corn lands.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

TRUE or FALSE
The Torrens system was introduced to register land titles during the American colonial period.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

TRUE or FALSE
The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) was implemented during President Ramos’ administration.

Answer 19

False (It was implemented under President Corazon Aquino.)

Question 20

TRUE or FALSE
The Hacienda System allowed Filipinos to own land during the Spanish period.

Answer 20

False (Land ownership remained with the King of Spain or the religious orders.)