Farmers in Balamban, Cebu will be able to increase their agricultural productivity with the recent turnover of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and National Irrigation Agency (NIA) of the PhP2 million worth of communal irrigation system (CIS) in their area.
The said project is in line with the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III to improve the livelihood of the farmers nationwide.
The CIS of Bayong Small Irrigation Project was entrusted to the officials and members of Bayong Lamesa Irrigators Association, Inc.
Grace B. Fua, Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II, said the Bayong Small Irrigation Project would serve over 50 hectares of land and will benefit more than 124 agrarian reform beneficiary (ARB) households in Barangays Lamesa, Vito, and Cansomoroy.
“With the construction of the irrigation project, the ARBs will now be able to increase their agricultural production due to sufficient water supply for their crops,” she said.
Fua explained that the NIA constructed irrigation pipelines and structures to irrigate high-value crops on the mountainous slopes of Balamban.
She added that with this development, the farmers are expected to generate more income from their farmlands.
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