their eligibility, and a certification from the landowner recognizing that they are farmworkers on his/her land. Thus, many qualified farmworkers have been disenfranchised as farmer-beneficiaries. Problematic surveys. Due to poor land survey work by the government, there were instances where the CARP survey teams could not locate some of the coordinates indicated in the land titles. While these can be corrected, they could affect adjacent properties and would require more time and resources to complete the survey. DAR policy issuances slow down LAD process. Unfavorable policy issuances and the change in policy with each newly-appointed Secretary slowed down the LAD process in recent years, confusing local implementers, while others seem to use it as an excuse to delay the LAD process. DAR’s inability to issue new NOCs. RA 9700 set a deadline of 30 June 2014 to commence LAD proceedings on all private agricultural lands to be covered by CARP. However, DAR failed to issue Notices of Coverage (NOCs) for thousands of landholdings covering more than 206,000 hectares10. Moreover, DAR has classified some NOCs they issued as “erroneous11” for varying reasons, and has removed these from its LAD targets. Thus, the task of LAD cannot be completed without a new law or executive order to address the inability of DAR to issue new NOCs. Inequitable access to land by landless women farmers. Despite existing laws (RA 9700 and RA 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women) and administrative issuances, data show that rural women still lack equal rights to own, manage and control land, as shown by the low proportion of women among EP and CLOA holders. There is still a lack of awareness on women’s land rights under the agrarian reform program. Lack of support service programs for farmworkers terminated by their landowners due to CARP participation. Many farmworkers, especially in plantations of sugarcane, pineapple, banana and other crops were fired/evicted by their employers/landowners when they enlisted in the agrarian reform program. These farmworkers have no other source of livelihood and find it difficult to find new work in other farms. They also receive little or no livelihood support from government. DAR Presentation for Organizational Briefing in the Senate Committee on Agrarian Reform, 24 August 2016. Erroneous NOC means NOC that is inaccurate or contains typographical or clerical or substantial error. 10 11 Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) 53