Complete land distribution by 2022, feasible - Castriciones

Agrarian Reform Secretary John R. Castriciones (center) leads the agency's mission to fulfill its mandate from the President of LAD Free 2022.

DAVAO CITY – Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary John R. Castriciones is positive in achieving its new mandate to complete the land acquisition and distribution (LAD) component of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) by 2022.

To accomplish President Rodrigro Roa Duterte’s new challenge, dubbed LAD Free 2022, Castriciones directed all its regional and local officials to forge a systematic and formidable plan.

Last Monday, at the start of a national conference on the new issuances of the agency, Castriciones emphasized that with over 600,000 hectares of land still to be covered under the CARP, completion of the land distribution process in a span of three years seems to be a tall order.

Department of Agrarian Reform officials gear up for the tall task ahead of the agency.

“There are three things that the administration of President Duterte wants us to accomplish. First is the distribution of government-owned lands as mandated under Executive Order No. 75, second, the parcellation of collective CLOAs, and most of all, ensuring that the country is LAD Free by 2022,” Castriciones said.

However, if the DAR is armed with a well-coordinated strategy, it would not be an “impossible mission,” he added.

#AgrarianReformPH #LandTenureSecurity