18 Questions
Cooperatives shall refer to organizations composed primarily of small ______ producers, farmers, farmworkers, or other agrarian reform beneficiaries.
agricultural
A ______ person may be a member of a cooperative, with the same rights and duties as a natural person.
juridical
The State shall recognize the right of farmers to participate in the planning, organization, and management of the agricultural ______ program.
development
The State shall apply the principles of ______ reform, or stewardship, whenever applicable, in accordance with law.
agrarian
The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 shall cover, regardless of tenurial arrangement and ______ produced, all public and private agricultural lands.
commodity
All ______ and disposable lands of the public domain devoted to or suitable for agriculture are covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.
alienable
The State shall protect the rights of ______ fishermen, especially of local communities, to the preferential use of communal marine and fishing resources.
subsistence
No reclassification of ______ or mineral lands to agricultural lands shall be undertaken after the approval of this Act until Congress determines by law.
forest
The State may resettle landless farmers and farmworkers in its own ______ estates, which shall be distributed to them in the manner provided by law.
agricultural
The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 shall cover all public and private ______ lands, as provided in Proclamation No. 131 and Executive Order No. 229.
agricultural
The State shall encourage the formation and maintenance of ______ family farms to be constituted by individual beneficiaries and small landowners.
economic-size
The State shall provide support to small settlers through ______ homestead rights of their ancestral lands.
prior
It is the policy of the State to pursue a ______ Agrarian Reform Program.
Comprehensive
The State shall encourage and undertake the just distribution of all ______ lands.
agricultural
The agrarian reform program is founded on the right of farmers and regular farmworkers, who are landless, to own directly or collectively the ______ they till.
lands
The State shall respect the right of ______ landowners, and shall provide incentives for voluntary land-sharing.
small
To this end, a more equitable distribution and ownership of ______, with due regard to the rights of landowners to just compensation and to the ecological needs of the nation, shall be undertaken.
land
The welfare of the landless farmers and farmworkers will receive the highest consideration to promote social justice and to move the nation toward sound ______ development and industrialization.
rural
Study Notes
Cooperatives
- A cooperative is an organization of small agricultural producers, farmers, farmworkers, or other agrarian reform beneficiaries who pool resources and operate on the principle of one member, one vote.
- A juridical person can be a member of a cooperative with the same rights and duties as a natural person.
Coverage of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law
- The law covers all public and private agricultural lands, regardless of tenurial arrangement and commodity produced.
- Covered lands include all alienable and disposable lands of the public domain devoted to or suitable for agriculture.
- The law recognizes the right of farmers, farmworkers, and landowners to participate in the planning, organization, and management of the program.
State Support
- The State provides support to agriculture through appropriate technology and research, and adequate financial production, marketing and other support services.
- The State encourages the formation and maintenance of economic-size family farms.
Protection of Rights
- The State protects the rights of subsistence fishermen, especially of local communities, to the preferential use of communal marine and fishing resources.
- The State provides support to fishermen through appropriate technology and research, adequate financial, production and marketing assistance and other services.
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)
- The State's policy is to pursue a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).
- The program aims to promote social justice and move the nation toward sound rural development and industrialization.
- The program establishes owner-cultivatorship of economic-size farms as the basis of Philippine agriculture.
Land Distribution and Ownership
- The program aims to provide a more equitable distribution and ownership of land, with due regard to the rights of landowners to just compensation and to the ecological needs of the nation.
- The State encourages and undertakes the just distribution of all agricultural lands, subject to priorities and retention limits.
- The State respects the right of small landowners and provides incentives for voluntary land-sharing.
This quiz covers the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) of the Philippines, aiming to promote social justice and rural development. It focuses on the welfare of landless farmers and farmworkers, and the distribution of land ownership. Test your knowledge on this important policy!
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