Latest Breaking News On - Manila department of agrarian reform dar secretary bernief cruz said there is no need to amend the comprehensive law carl quot program not about consolidating lands awards individual land titles beneficiaries give them freedom managing it themselves and create more opportunities for - Page 1 : comparemela.com
MANILA - Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Bernie F. Cruz said there is no need to amend the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL). "The agrarian reform program is not about consolidating lands. The program awards individual land titles to beneficiaries to give them the freedom of managing it themselves and to create more opportunities for them," Cruz said in a news release on Tuesday. Cruz made this reaction after of George Barcelon, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), pushed for specific amendments in the CARL that include easing the rules in land consolidation and ownership to create opportunities for better agricultural productivity by farming larger tracts of land. Cruz said the agrarian reform program under Presidential Decree No. 27 and the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) issues individual land titles to landless farmers and farmworkers. "If we will consolidate lands, that would be going against the inte