Farmers receive 460,307 CLOAs in 4 years — DAR
FARMERS in Nueva Ecija are double-timed in processing their palay yields. This coincides with the report of the Department of Agrarian Reform that a total of 460,307 land titles covering 648,166 hectares have been distributed to 432,842 agrarian reform beneficiaries during the four years of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., giving farmers legal ownership of the agricultural lands they have cultivated, ending decades of uncertainty and providing greater security for their families.
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The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) reported that a total of 460,307 land titles covering 648,166 hectares have been distributed to 432,842 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from July 2022 to October 2026, realizing the dream of farmers who have waited 15 to 30 years to receive their Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs).
CLOAs serve as legal proof of ownership of lands awarded under the agrarian reform program, giving farmers legal ownership of the agricultural lands they have cultivated, ending decades of uncertainty and providing greater security for their families.
The July 2022 to October 2026 numbers were based on DAR’s Land Titles Cumulative Distribution Accomplishment under the agency’s Support to Parcellation of Lands for Individual Titling (Project SPLIT) and Land Acquisition and Distribution (LAD) as of 31 October 2026.
SPLIT is DAR’s flagship program designed to subdivide collective land titles into individual electronic land titles for farmers
Under DAR’s Cumulative Distribution Accomplishment, a total of 21,876 land titles with 25,159 hectares with 24,804 ARBs from July 2022 to December 2022; a total of 69,897 land titles with 84,043 hectares with 73,399 ARBs in 2023, a total of 102,536 land titles with 120,772 hectares with 88,310ARBs in 2024, a total of 199,838 land titles with 302,540 hectares with 176,202 ARBs in 2025, and a total of 66,160 land titles with 115,652 hectares, with 70,127 ARBs from January 2026 to October 31, 2026.
Regional distribution
In its report to the President, the Bureau of Land Acquisition and Distribution (BLAD), DAR’s attached agency, provided some of the details of the distribution of land titles, with five regions — Negros Island Region (Region 18), SOCCSKSARGEN (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, and General Santos City) Region 12, Northern Mindanao (Region 10) and Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) topping the list.
DAR records show the Negros Island Region (NIR) had the highest number of titles distributed, with 25,048 benefiting 18,839 ARBs and a total land coverage of 12,720 hectares.
SOCCSKSARGEN Region 12 followed, with 8,550 distributed land titles benefiting 12,398 ARBs and covering 14,803 hectares of land.
Region 10 recorded the third-highest number of land titles distributed by the government, with 7,516 titles benefiting 10,400 ARBs and covering 8,860 hectares.