Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Declaration of Policy - It is the policy of the State:

(1) To establish owner-cultivatorship and the economic family-size farm as the basis of Philippine agriculture and, as a consequence, divert landlord capital in agriculture to industrial development;

(2) To achieve a dignified existence for the small farmers free from pernicious institutional restraints and practices;

(3) To create a truly viable social and economic structure in agriculture conducive to greater productivity and higher farm incomes;

(4) To apply all labor laws equally and without discrimination to both industrial and agricultural wage earners;

(5) To provide a more vigorous and systematic land resettlement program and public land distribution; and

(6) To make the small farmers more independent, self-reliant and responsible citizens, and a source of genuine strength in our democratic society.