Administrative Order No. 34 creating an Inter-Agency Committee on institutional arrangements for Land Management and Rural Development.

This Administrative Order, consisting of 8 sections, creates an Inter-Agency Committee on institutional arrangements for Land Management and Rural Development. It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Committee, entitled to: conduct research on land distribution and management and supporting agricultural and fisheries sectors, in consideration of the following: approval of land surveys and issuance of land titles with the objective of creating a system that shall ensure stable property rights; consolidate and rationalize land management and distribution functions of the government; comply with the mandate of Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Programme (CARP), including: distribution of the remaining land acquisition and balance under the programme; collective titles; rationalize the provision of support services to farmers and fisherfolk; interaction among the institutions involved in agricultural extension services; formulate appropriate executive issuances or legislative measures for the required institutional arrangements, based on the findings of the study that will be undertaken; information sharing for achieving consensus among all stakeholders and arriving at an unified plan to implement the necessary institutional arrangements.