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The Department of Agrarian Reform Gives Back Disputed Lands to Farmers

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><br/><div class="hidepic" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dKPrHFYwERLPg9eCwm-dBF6gdReOelh_oHL7W8U3hqYHIKa1EmYrnts5kOFgVmQWjdcuxClNo92fIVEFNh_WEXPc64KPmw6msh6nXnx9G41bIOiWDz_exAUy6D8cBmLy5KpK-W3Hom4/s1600/Agr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dKPrHFYwERLPg9eCwm-dBF6gdReOelh_oHL7W8U3hqYHIKa1EmYrnts5kOFgVmQWjdcuxClNo92fIVEFNh_WEXPc64KPmw6msh6nXnx9G41bIOiWDz_exAUy6D8cBmLy5KpK-W3Hom4/s1600/Agr.jpg"/></a></div><br/> </div><br/><div style="text-align: justify;">The Department of Agrarian Reform brought good news to the farmers of the <b>Madaum Agrarian</b> <b>Reform Beneficiaries Association</b> when they reinstated their lands back to the rightful owners. The group has been embroiled in a <b>145-hectare</b> <b>land </b>dispute with <b>Lapanday Foods Corp</b>.</div><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><br/><div style="text-align: justify;">The farmers’ lands were taken from them in 1999, when it was awarded to three groups of ARBs and employees in the 1990s.</div><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><br/><div style="text-align: justify;">From then on, they have been fighting for their right to farm in their own land.</div><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><br/><div style="text-align: justify;">In 2011, a compromise agreement between Hearbco 1 and LFC was reached. Four years later, the DAR ordered the reinstatement of Marbai farm workers, but they never got their lands back.</div><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><br/><div style="text-align: justify;">After the DAR conducted a survey, they ordered a cease and desist order to its current tenants. Then, they began to award the lands back to the farmers. </div><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><br/> <br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="The Department of Agrarian Reform Gives Back Disputed Lands to Farmers" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4-NWqa06-C-iF2rVPkh6DVKPQG7RUab5yk034g0OF6ljnCUNbu12zuN6MLD8r8OUNbvk_rO_3sTbTM9pKtNuYsryU_dg7CZNzawFZaXYA_XSlrMjo4vn2GIW_ky1IDz76PYQLUj0Uwhk/s640/Agrarian.jpg" title="The Department of Agrarian Reform Gives Back Disputed Lands to Farmers" width="640"/></div><br/><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">Source: <a href="http://www.viralvidyos.com/" target="_blank">TNP</a>, <a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/854916/farmers-reclaim-disputed-land" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inquirer</a></span></div><br/></div>

The Department of Agrarian Reform brought good news to the farmers of the Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association when they rein...