Agrarian
Reform

Land is the main driver of economic development in the rural areas. As an economic resource – access, ownership and control over land is a fundamental right of all men and women. With proper State interventions to secure property rights, smallholder farmers – including women, indigenous peoples and children-headed households, will have the opportunity to achieve food security and overcome poverty.

We believe that land access is the entry point of rural households to their socio-economic empowerment. We work with key government and non-government organizations from the national to the grassroots level to facilitate land access to our partner-communities. We organize communities and build their capacities so that they can become advocates of their own empowerment.

How we help make change?

• Mobilizing farmer-paralegals
• Organizing inter-agency dialogues
• Participating in national land campaigns
• Documenting and disseminating our practice

We train and mobilize farmer-paralegals to provide organizing and technical support to farmers and farm workers in addressing land ownership issues in their respective localities. They are equipped with skills and knowledge that they use in strategic negotiations and conflict management

At the local level, we work with regional, provincial, municipal offices and barangay agrarian reform councils to resolve specific land cases. We organize inter-agency dialogues with Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program implementing agencies ad farmers to discuss cases, solve technical problems concerning agrarian reform implementation and secure commitments to fast track the cases.

Together with the government, inter-government and civil society organizations, we actively participate in national- and regional-level land campaigns to lobby for better policies for smallholder farmers and their families.

We conduct research, consultations and round table discussions to discuss our practice and disseminate to our stakeholders and constituencies, whom we owe our accountability.

The latest in agrarian reform from CARRD

Studies and publications

Training Manual for Paralegals on Land Acquisition and Distribution Process Under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

This paralegal training manual facilitates the integration of legal and meta-legal skills and knowledge through the process of land acquisition and distribution under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.

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3 years ago

Visible Works of Women in Agrarian Reform, Sustainable Agriculture and Cooperative Development in CARRD-covered Areas

Case studies on the roles of women farmers in our areas

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3 years ago

Gabay sa pagpaparsela ng collective CLOA ayon sa DAR AO 2, series of 2019

Ginagamit ang praymer na ito sa community education sessions ng mga magsasakang paralegal sa kani-kanilang mga komunidad

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4 years ago