HistoryThe mandate of the Department of Agrarian Reform and its former incarnations has always been questionable, due to its inability to rid poverty in the countryside, and the massive amounts of taxpayers' money needed to finance its operations and personnel. Moreover, it has been perceived by some as a political tool for those who seek votes from the masses. To complicate matters, those who end up elected and thus have a greater influence on public policy happen to be well-meaning proponents of this method of land reform, whose ability to eradicate the inequalities in land ownership comes to no surprise to critics of the land reform system.
Land reform in the Philippines had its beginn
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