Philippines distributes 500,000 hectares of farmland to agrarian reform beneficiaries

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The Philippine Department of Agrarian Reform has distributed over 500,000 hectares of farmland to beneficiaries since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office in 2022, Secretary Conrado Estrella III announced on Thursday. During House budget deliberations for 2027, Estrella reported 410,179 land titles covering 556,088 hectares were given to 376,738 identified agrarian reform beneficiaries from 2022 to 2026, calling these "banner years" for the agency. Land reform remains contentious in the Philippines, with about 5.4 million hectares earmarked under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform law to reduce inequality by transferring land to tillers.


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