KAISAHAN

10/06/2026

𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑! 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟑𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐏

For 38 years, CARP has been envisioned as a monumental victory to advance agrarian justice and secure tenure for landless farmers. Nearly four decades of systemic delays have turned this promise into an unfulfilled and frustrating struggle. In many cases, CARP was weaponized against the very people it was mandated to protect.

Let us be absolutely clear --- 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬. The right to land is a fundamental right to life, dignity, and survival. To deny the farmers to own the soil they till is a direct violation of their human rights.

KAISAHAN takes a firm stand that CARP must no longer be a victory merely on paper. We strongly urge the government to take immediate, decisive action to rectify the long-standing gaps that continue to deny social justice to farmers.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐋𝐀𝐃) 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐘. The core promise of CARP-redistributing agricultural land to landless farmers remains stalled by bureaucracy, systemic loopholes, and land-owning and land-grabbing elites. The government must distribute all covered agricultural lands without further delay. The DAR claims there are still more than 700,000 hectares that remain undistributed till today. Landlords and their heirs and private investors continue to hijack the legal system with endless filing of harassment cases to stall land distribution. We demand an end to this legal circus. We demand for DAR to issue and release all Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) and facilitate peaceful possession and cultivation of agrarian reform beneficiaries at once.

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. Land tenure security is an empty illusion if farmers are left to drown in financial hardship in trying to make their lands productive and economically feasible. Under Section 37 of RA 6657, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) are legally obligated to provide comprehensive support but instead, many agrarian reform communities are left to tend for themselves forcing many to lease or sell the lands awarded to them.

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. The aggressive conversion of agricultural lands into industrial estates and commercial projects is an attack on national food security and rural livelihoods. "Development" is routinely used as a violent excuse to displace farming communities. Economic growth means nothing if it destroys the people and lands that feed this nation. We demand a total freeze on the conversion of food-producing lands.

𝐔𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. The deliberate hoarding of public data weakens accountability and masks the failure of CARP implementation. How DAR determines the remaining balances for land distribution remain highly vague and irregular. Farmers have a right to immediate access to all information related to the land they are claiming under CARP. Transparency is a tool of defense; we demand it now.

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨-𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐀𝐑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞. The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has long hidden behind a mask of bureaucratic neutrality, allowing landlords to exploit the system. The time for neutrality is over. We demand that DAR act as a pro-farmer agency. DAR must use its mandate to resolve all agrarian disputes and legal maneuvers with an uncompromising bias in favor of the farmers. Any systemic structure that places the burden of proof or financial ruin on the farmers must be removed.

Thirty-eight years of waiting is enough. We do not beg for reform; we demand the total acquisition and distribution of land and the immediate delivery of much needed support services. We need to defend the farmers’ right to land. Land rights are human rights! #

09/06/2026

Mga taga-Bacolod, kalabasa kayo diyan! Nakakatalino ito, pramis! MOJAFAS, our partner farmer organization in Bago City, produced this healthy and yummy crop! This is the circular economy action of our Sagup Food Circle network to ensure that agri products are marketed at fair prices to both farmers and consumers.

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05/06/2026

Happy Anniversary, Kaisahan!

26/05/2026

Sa Mayo 29, 2026, may ipatigayon ang KAISAHAN sa Land Justice Initiative project nga LIBRE NGA BULIG LEGAL para sa mga mangunguma nga may pamangkot ukon kaso nga may kaangtanan sa repormang agraryo.

Bukas ini para sa tanan nga mga mangunguma, potential man ukon actual agrarian reform beneficiaries sa North Negros nga nagakinahanglan sang legal assistance.

Importante nga pahibalo:
Kinahanglan anay hulaton ang confirmation halin sa KAISAHAN antes magkadto.

08/05/2026

May 7, 2026 - KAISAHAN Chairperson Gerry Bulatao was among the members of Kilus Magniniyog who were invited by Sen. Kiko Pangilinan to the Committee Hearing on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform. They discussed the persistent and pressing issues of coconut farmers after the passage of R.A. 11524. The following is the statement issued by the group:

Pahayag ng Kilus Magniniyog sa Republic Act No. 11524,
the Coconut Farmers and Industry Fund Act
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform Public Hearing, May 7, 2026

Mister Chair, honorable members of the Committee,

Maraming salamat po sa pagkakataon na makapagsalita sa harap ninyo. Kami po ang Kilusang Magniniyog, o ang Kilusan para sa Ugnayan ng mga Samahang Magniniyog, na matagal nang nakipaglaban para sa tamang paggamit ng coco levy funds. Ang pondo pong ito ay bunga ng pawis at dugo ng mga magsasaka, at matagal naming ipinaglaban na ito ay maibalik sa amin.

Noong 2021, naisabatas ang Republic Act No. 11524, o ang Coconut Farmers and Industry Fund Act. Ngunit limang na taon na po ang nakalipas, at malinaw na hindi pa rin natutupad ang layunin ng batas na “sustainable, equitable, and accelerated growth” para sa industriya ng niyog. Kaya’t narito po kami upang ipanawagan ang pag-amyenda ng RA 11524.

Una, Transparency and Farmer Representation. Sa Section 10 ng RA 11524, nakasaad: “There is hereby created a Trust Fund Management Committee (TMFC), which shall be comprised of authorized representatives of the Department of Finance, Department of Budgement and Management, and Department of Justice. The BTr shall act as the Trust Fund Management Committee Secretariat…”

Maliwanag po na ang komposisyon ng TFMC ay limitado sa mga fiscal agencies.Wala ang PCA, wala ang DA, at higit sa lahat, wala ang mga kinatawan ng magniniyog. Ang resulta: nakatago ang impormasyon sa mismong mga benepisyaryo ng pondo. Ang coco levy ay hindi dapat maging pondo ng gobyerno lamang, kundi pondo ng mga magsasaka.

Kaya’t nananawagan kami na isama ang farmer representatives at PCA/DA sa TFMC, at magtakda ng malinaw na transparency safeguards tulad ng publikasyon ng taunang financial reports.

Ikalawa, Low Fund Utilization and Misaligned Priorities. Sa Section 9, nakasaad:
“The utilization of the Trust Fund… shall be in accordance with the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan… an initial allocation of Five billion pesos ₱5,000,000,000.00) shall be available to the designated government implementing agencies…” At sa Section 4, nakasaad ang detalyadong distribution: seed farms 20%, training 8%, research 5%, crop insurance 4%, farm improvements 10%, shared facilities 10%, credit programs 10%, infrastructure 10%, scholarship 8%, health 10%.

Ngunit ayon kay PCA Administrator Dexter Buted, 42% lamang ng 2025 allocation ang nagamit ng 15 NGAs. Ang pagkalat ng pondo sa mga ahensya na walang direktang ugnayan sa magniniyog ay nagdulot ng mababang utilization at fragmented implementation.

Ang vetoed bill ng 17th Congress (SBN 1233/HBN 5745) ay mas malinaw sa outcome-based allocations: 35% Shared Facility, 15% Farm Productivity, 15% Empowerment, 15% Social Protection, at 20% Agri-credit. Nararapat na balikan ang modelong ito upang masiguro ang direktang benepisyo sa mga magsasaka.

Ikatlo, CIIF OMG Asset Disposal. Sa Section 13, nakasaad:
“Coconut Levy Assets… shall be privatized or disposed… within the period of five (5) years from the effectivity of this Act.” Ngunit may mga ulat na ang ilang hold-over directors ay sinasadyang pababain ang halaga ng assets upang makuha ito sa mababang presyo.

Ang ganitong undervaluation at insider bidding ay malinaw na naglalagay sa panganib ng interes ng mga magsasaka. Dapat palawigin ang disposal period, magtakda ng independent valuation, at magsagawa ng imbestigasyon sa CIIF OMG operations.

Ikaapat, LandBank–UCPB Merger Transparency. Sa Section 3(b)(i), nakasaad: “Coconut Levy Assets shall refer to… shares of stock in United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) that were determined to be owned by the government.” Ngunit matapos ang EO 142 noong 2021 na nag-merge sa UCPB at LandBank, na nagdagdag ng ₱291.83B assets, hindi malinaw kung nakinabang ang Trust Fund. Kailangang magtakda ng malinaw na disclosure requirements hinggil sa epekto ng merger sa coco levy assets at sa Trust Fund.

Ikalima, Local Councils (LCIDCs). Sa Section 4(f), nakasaad:
“Shared facilities…beneficiaries… LGUs shall create local small farmers councils to provide mechanisms for consultation and participation.” Ngunit ito ay binanggit lamang nang pahapyaw. Ang Revised CFIDP (MC 84, 2025) ay nag-utos ng kanilang pagtatatag, ngunit ito ay administratibong hakbang lamang. Dapat ma-institutionalize ang LCIDCs bilang grassroots mechanism para sa farmer participation, monitoring, at feedback.

Ika-anim, ang Kapakanan ng mga Magsasaka. Sa Section 2, nakasaad:
“It is hereby declared the policy of the State to consolidate the benefits due to coconut farmers, especially the poor and marginalized… to attain increased incomes for coconut farmers, alleviate poverty, and achieve social equality.”

Ngunit sa kabila ng deklarasyong ito, nananatiling pinakamahirap ang 3.5M coconut farmers, na kumikita ng mababa buwan-buwan. Ang RA 11524 ay hindi nagbigay ng malinaw na mekanismo upang gawing measurable outcomes ang policy declaration.

Kinakailangang amyendahan ang batas upang magtakda ng direktang benepisyo: farm productivity programs, value-adding enterprises, scholarships, healthcare, at pension schemes.

Mister Chair, honorable members, limang taon na mula nang naisabatas ang RA 11524, ngunit nananatiling pinakamahirap ang mga magniniyog. Ang coco levy funds ay dapat magbigay ng direktang benepisyo sa mga magsasaka, hindi maging pondo ng gobyerno lamang.

Kaya’t nananawagan po kami: revisahin at amyendahan ang RA 11524 upang masiguro na ang coco levy funds ay tunay na mapapakinabangan ng mga magsasaka; ang mga magniniyog na siyang naghirap at nagpawis para sa industriya ng niyog.

Ang KILUS MAGNINIYOG (Kilusan para sa Ugnayan ng mga Samahang Magniniyog) ay isang Pambansang koalisyon ng mga maliliit na magsasaka at manggagawa sa niyugan sa Pilipinas. Binubuo ito ng iba't ibang pambansa at pangrehiyong pederasyon ng mga magsasaka at mga non-government organizations (NGOs). Isinulong ng KM ang kapakanan ng mga magniniyog, partikular na angpagbawi at paggamit ng Coco Levy Fund para sa direktang benepisyo ng mga mahihirap na magsasaka.

Maraming salamat po.

05/05/2026

NAIPASA NA! Sa 3rd and final reading ngayong 20th Congress, ang National Land Use Bill (HB 8466) ay pumasa sa botong 224-3-0.

Isa sa mahahalagang bahagi ng panukalang batas na ito ang pagkakaroon ng pambansang balangkas upang mapanatili ang makakalikasan at makatarungang paggamit ng ating likas yaman na naaayon sa prinsipyo ng sustainable development.

Tuloy ang laban sa senado. Isabatas na ang National Land Use Bill.



Campaign for Land Use Policy NOW

03/05/2026

KAISAHAN statement on the Toboso tragedy: A Call for Accountability, Justice, and Agrarian Reform

As an organization advocating for agrarian reform and inclusive rural development, KAISAHAN tungo sa Kaunlaran ng Kanayunan at Repormang Pansakahan laments the loss of 19 precious lives, especially the youth, in the recently reported military operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental.

This is a profound tragedy that stresses how social inequity perpetuates the cycle of violence. It demands a serious reflection on the systemic failures that continue to plague the rural areas in the Philippines.

The Roots of Unrest

For decades, Negros Occidental has been the epicenter of agrarian unrest, where a persistent hacienda system has left thousands of farmers landless and trapped in a cycle of seasonal work and extreme poverty. This historical landlessness, coupled with economic injustice and the crushing hardship of "tiempo mu**to," creates a desperate environment where rural families are driven to the brink of starvation. Without viable economic paths or educational opportunities, the farmers and their families are forced to inherit a conflict born from decades of agrarian neglect.

Central to this struggle is the fundamental truth that land rights are human rights. Access to land is the primary vehicle through which rural Filipinos exercise their right to food, housing, and a dignified livelihood. When farmers are denied the right to the soil they till, their right to self-determination and economic security is effectively stripped away, making land reform a prerequisite for the protection of life itself. The achievement of social justice through a just implementation of agrarian reform program is the most viable path to lasting peace and inclusive economic prosperity in the countryside.

The victims in Toboso were caught in the crossfire of this agrarian-rooted violence. Some of them have been unfairly branded with so many horrific labels, completely disregarding their circumstance and without impartial investigation. Theirs is now a stolen future, like those of many poor farmers who have died by the gun or by desperate poverty and landlessness.

A Call for Accountability, Justice and Agrarian Reform

We emphasize that all state and non-state military operations must strictly adhere to International Humanitarian Law and international human rights standards. The principles of distinction, precaution, and necessity are legal obligations designed to protect civilian lives and ensure that any use of force remains proportionate and justified. Peace cannot be achieved through force; it requires an unwavering respect on human rights, and commitment to transparency and the rule of law.

We firmly call for an immediate, impartial, and thorough investigation led by the Commission on Human Rights to ensure an independent finding of facts. We demand the AFP and the NPA’s full cooperation in the truthful disclosure of all evidence and records pertaining to the operation, ensuring total accountability for any violations of domestic law or international protocols.

Finally, we call on the Marcos administration to move beyond rhetoric and justly implement and complete agrarian reform. Farms should primarily be for growing food, and transitioning these to other uses should not displace farming communities. True peace and prosperity in the countryside can only be realized when farmers finally own the land they till and receive the support necessary to thrive.

We mourn those killed in Toboso and stand with their families in the pursuit of truth, justice, and a future where no Filipino, especially our youth, is sacrificed to the snares of social injustice.

28/04/2026

23/04/2026

Let us care for the Earth as she cares for us. Earth day is everyday!
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22/04/2026

The Land and Resource Rights Working Group of the National Land Coalition PH met yesterday with Congressman Chel Diokno at his office in the House of Representatives.

The meeting provided an opportunity for coalition members to share their community-led initiatives and ongoing efforts to engage national policy processes that defend, secure, and protect the land and resource rights of smallholder farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries.

Members also discussed key policy issues and challenges in implementing agrarian reform that require stronger legislative support.

This meeting marks the beginning of continued dialogue and collaboration on policy and legislative initiatives to strengthen support for smallholder farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries.