THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is set to hand out this year some 400,000 land titles to farmer-beneficiaries nationwide, according to Secretary Conrado Estrella III.
“They may say it’s impossible, but with our determination and the President’s full support, we will achieve this ambitious goal,” Estrella said in a statement on Monday.
The move is part of the agency’s effort to strengthen land ownership, promote agricultural development, and implement the New Agrarian Emancipation Act or Republic Act 11953 that aims to free farmers from land amortizations and provide support services to improve their livelihood.
In Bohol alone, 159 agrarian reform beneficiaries had received 239 land titles covering 215.65 hectares, and 1,741 farmers were issued 2,464 certificates of condonation with release of mortgage (COCROMs), writing off P50.42 million in debts over 2,092.60 hectares.
In Cebu, farmer-beneficiaries had received 570 certificates of land ownership awards and e-titles for 624.97 hectares.
At least 3,544 farmers were granted 3,858 COCROMs, cancelling P284.54 million in unpaid amortizations over 5,170.02 hectares.
Estrella gave assurance that DAR would continue to speed up agrarian reform and bring the long-awaited justice and support to Filipino farmers.
Editor’s Note: This is an updated article. Originally posted with the headline “DAR eyes distribution of 400k land titles in 2025”
