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The Bago River Irrigation System, Negros Occidental’s major irrigation system, is now at a low water level because of the ongoing drought due to the El Niño phenomenon.Pedro Limpangog, president of the Federation of Irrigators Association Central Negros- Bago River Irrigation System , said that water continues to be delivered to rice farms in Bago City and neighboring Murcia townHe also said that rice in the southern area of BRIS was already harvested.
Our farmers cannot afford to put up their water pumps for their farms,' he pointed out.The drought has also affected 90 percent of the agricultural lands in San Enrique, he added.Some rice farmers have shifted to planting watermelons, and fishponds have been converted into salt beds to make ends meet, he said.Earlier, the mayor said that nine of the town's villages have been affected by the drought.Tubillara said the municipal government has recorded a total of P9,951,589.
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