Nationwide Declaration as Land Reform Area

The decree declares a pressing need to accelerate the Agrarian Reform Program to achieve the objectives of Republic Act No. 3844, as amended.
It identifies an objective of land reform to achieve a dignified existence for small farmers, free from pernicious institutional restraints and practices.
It connects land reform goals to agricultural development and to addressing widespread discontent and unrest among farmers, described as a cause of the existing national emergency.
It states the belief that lasting land reform objectives may be realized sooner if the whole country is declared a land reform area.

The decree proclaims the entire country as a land reform area.
It directs that all agencies and offices of the Government must cooperate and assist for the successful prosecution of the Agrarian Reform Program.
The land reform coverage is nationwide, affecting the government’s operations across the whole territory of the Philippines.

All agencies and offices of the Government are enjoined to extend full cooperation and assistance to the Department of Agrarian Reform.
The cooperation and assistance duty is aimed at ensuring the successful prosecution of the Agrarian Reform Program.
The Agrarian Reform Coordinating Council created under Executive Order No. 347 (series of 1971) is directed to convene immediately.
The Secretary of Agrarian Reform must take the necessary steps for prompt and effective implementation of the decree.

The Agrarian Reform Coordinating Council is the body tasked to exercise its functions following the decree’s direction to convene.
The council’s required action is immediate convening to carry out its functions in support of the land reform program.
Implementation is further ensured through the Secretary of Agrarian Reform, who must initiate necessary steps for prompt and effective implementation.