The ongoing relevance of conflict over land is well illustrated by
the incident referred to in the opening paragraph of this paper e
the 2006 murder of farmworker representatives including Enrico
Cabanit, former employee of the Floirendo-owned WADECOR
plantation. During the 1980s, the Floirendo family secured control
of approximately 8500 ha of contiguous land for plantation agriculture
in Davao del Norte, including the 5,212 ha DAPECOL Prison
Farm.