the lives of local filipino farmers from pre-colonial period up to present time pre-colonial period in 900 to 1560s the system of farming during pre-colonial period societies of philippines relied more on sweden agriculture the intensive permanent agriculture they relied on syrian agriculture because there's a lot of stable crops that grown here such as rice millet bananas and different kind of root crops spanish era during this spanish era in year 1521 to 1898 the agrarian reform in this period was commonwealth ownership of the landcraft gradually and slowly took the backseat private ownership of the land was introduced with this arrangement every municipal resident was given his choice at the land for cultivation free from tax american period in united 01 to 1935 was the american period here in the philippines in this period being unless was the main cause of the social unrest and revolt at that time the americans sought to put an end to the miserable conditions of the tenant taylors and small farmers by passing several land palaces to widen the base of small land holdings and distribute and ownership among the greater number of filipino tenants and farmers japanese period between year 1942 and 1945 was the period of japanese spirit in the philippines this period he called it the era of hope balahab hokbala controlled whole areas of central luzon landlord who supported the japanese lost their land to peace and while those who supported the hux fix renters in favor of the tenants upon the rival of japanese in the philippines in this year 1942 peasant and workers organization grow strengths many peasants took up arm and identified themselves with the anti-japanese group the hook balahab or who and the main purposes of the hub is to organize people into anti-japan's resistance movement present day duterte plans to place almost all in public lands including military reserve under agrarian reform the president also placed 400 hectares of agricultural lands under the harp under his administration the department pursues an upland zero back plug in the revolution of the agrarian justice delivery of the agrarian reform program to fast track an implementation of carb nowadays you are facing modern life there's a lot of farming technology that helps filipino farmers to have fast farming nowadays