The Philippines would need P2 trillion to irrigate 1.2 million hectares of potentially irrigable areas in the country, National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Acting Administrator Eduardo Guillen said on Tuesday, April 18. | ManilaBulletin READ:
During a media briefing hosted by press briefer Daphne Oseña-Paez, the NIA official stressed the need for more investments in irrigation so as to address the potential adverse impacts of El Niño in the country’s agricultural sector.
“Actually, ang natitirang potentially irrigable areas natin 1.2 million hectares. Kailangan niyan P2 trillion lahat pero ang proposal lamang po natin is sana P200 billion a year para madali naman ito ma-attain. Ang proposal po namin is P100 billion a year na pondo sa NIA ,” Guillen said. To do this, the NIA official stressed the need for additional budget as the agency needs P100 billion a year.
Admitting that the country is in a state of “drought,” the NIA official shared that the agency has reduced its requirement for irrigation in rice crops and is considering increasing the required production for regions with better weather like in Mindanao.
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