LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 8 (PNA) -- Amid challenges on how to improve and sustain the rice production program in Bicol, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has stepped up its irrigation projects to provide water systems to thousands of hectares of rice farms across the region.
The NIA said at least 77 irrigation facilities were built, repaired and maintained, according to Ed Yu, NIA regional spokesperson.
By: DANNY O. CALLEJA
LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 2 (PNA) – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Bicol regional office considers it a significant improvement from the previous completing nearly 75 percent of all the Php490.2-million irrigation projects assigned to the region last year.
By: RHAYDZ B. BARCIA
NAGA CITY: The National Irrigation Administration in Bicol has irrigated at least 1,093 hectares of ricelands following the restoration of non-functional irrigation facilities and structures despite of slow release of funds, Ed Yu, NIA public relations officer, told The Manila Times.
By: SONNY SALES
NAGA City -- The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Bicol regional office is implementing about P1.050 billion worth of projects for 2016, an increase of 100% from a previous P535 million fund allocation implemented by the agency in 2015.
By: DANNY O. CALLEJA
Over 85 percent, representing 3,215 hectares of rice farms in Catanduanes, is already covered by government-provided irrigation facilities, leaving only 555 hectares of the island-province’s potential irrigable area needing a stable supply of water, according to the National Irrigation Administration (NIA).
By: SARAH C. IMPERIAL
By: ED G. YU
Director Vicente Vicmudo (center, standing) watches as Mayor Natividad Isabel Magbalon (right) and Richard Gulapo, president of the irrigators association, open the intake gate of the newly completed Matagbac Dam in Milagros, Masbate.
By: RHAYDZ B. BARCIA
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) in Bicol is set to inaugurate the P18 million Matagbac Communal Irrigation Project (CIP) in Barangay Matagbac, Milagros town in Masbate.
By: LUZON NEWSBITS
Naga City, Camarines Sur — The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) in Bicol region will inaugurate the Matagbac Communal Irrigation Project (CIP) in Barangay Matagbac, Milagros, Masbate today.
