Marcos’ Agrarian Reform: Promises, Contradictions, and Lessons

• Main Author: Mendoza, Meynardo P
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Agrarian reform; Presidential Decree 27; Marcos land reform; Masagana 99; Samahang Nayon; Agriculture; History; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/56; https://unitasust.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/UNITAS-94-1-Mendoza-Marcos-Agrarian-Reform.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The paper is a reexamination of Presidential Decree 27, the agrarian reform law signed by Pres. Ferdinand Marcos on October 21, 1972. Previous studies of the topic proved to be critical of its outcomes but failed to mention the innovations made by Marcos’ agrarian reform program. A month earlier, Ma...