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DAR Administrative Order No. 7

OMNIBUS RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING CONVERSION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS TO NON-AGRICULTURAL USES

DAR Administrative Order No. 7 | 1997-10-29

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 07
SERIES OF 1997
 
SUBJECT: OMNIBUS RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING CONVERSION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS TO NON-AGRICULTURALUSES
 
I. PREFATORY STATEMENT
 
The guiding principle on land use conversion is to preserve prime agricultural lands for food production while at the same time recognizing the need of the other sectors (housing, industry and commerce) for land, when coinciding with the objective of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law to promote social justice, industrialization, and the optimum use of land as a national resource for public welfare.
 
To operationalize these principles, and by virtue...