Section 129Sec./Art. 129

Creation of Land Reform Districts - The Council shall exercise the functions enumerated in the preceding Section for particular areas which the Council shall select and designate as land reform districts. A district shall constitute one or more reform projects, each project to comprise either a large landed estate or several areas within small estates. In the selection of a district, the Council shall consider factors affecting the feasibility of acquiring for redistribution the areas within the district, including:

(1) The productivity of the area;

(2) Its suitability for economic family-size farms;

(3) The tenancy rate in the area;

(4) The minimum fixed capital outlay required to develop the area;

(5) The proximity of the area to resettlement projects; and

(6) The number of farmers that cultivate uneconomic-size farms, the ability and readiness of such farmers to be resettled, and the availability of idle or abandoned lands that may be acquired or expropriated as well as of other resettlement facilities.