A ₱3.985 million solar-powered irrigation pump (SPIP) in Barangay Calmay-Lebueg in Laoac, Pangasinan is expected to boost the farm productivity of farmers, particularly the agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in this community after the facility passed the Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR) final inspection.
DAR Ilocos Regional Director and Concurrent Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Ma. Ana Francisco said the SPIP is scheduled for turnover to the Calmay-Lebueg Farmers Irrigators Association, Inc. this year.
“The facility can irrigate up to 15 hectares of farmland benefitting our ARBs, who are tilling the surrounding area. The irrigation could also greatly contribute in addressing food security in this province,” she said.
Franciso divulged that there are three (3) more SPIP projects nearing completion in the province, which include Barangay Waig in Malasiqui, Barangay Gonzales in Umingan, and Barangay Malimpin in Dasol.
“The irrigation pump in Laoac is part of the irrigation component of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, implemented hand in hand by the DAR with the National Irrigation Authority (NIA). The DAR Provincial Office was accompanied by the Regional and Central offices of the NIA and the Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee, in inspecting the SPIP along with the recipient-ARB organization,” Francisco said.
This undertaking is in line with the marching order of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., through the leadership of DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III, to uplift the economic lives of the farmers.
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₱3.9M solar-powered irrigation pump palalakasin ang produktibidad sa sakahan ng mga agrarian reform beneficiaries sa Pangasinan
Inaasahang mapalalakas ang produktibidad sa sakahan ng mga magsasaka, partikular na ang mga agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) sa Brgy. Calmay-Lebueg sa Laoac, Pangasinan, pagkatapos pumasa ang ang ₱3.985 milyong solar-powered irrigation pump (SPIP) sa final inspection ng Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR).
Ayon kay DAR Ilocos Regional Director at Concurrent Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Ma. Ana Francisco, ang SPIP ay nakatakdang i-turnover sa Calmay-Lebueg Farmers Irrigators Association, Inc. ngayong taon.
“Kayang tustusan ng patubig ng pasilidad ang 15 ektaryang lupang sakahan na mapakikinabangan ng ating mga ARB na nagtatanim sa paligid nito. Makatutulong din ang irigasyon sa pagtugon sa seguridad sa pagkain ng lalawigan,” aniya.
Inilahad ni Franciso na mayroon pang tatlong (3) SPIP na malapit ng matapos sa lalawigan, na kinabibilangan ng Barangay Waig sa Malasiqui, Barangay Gonzales sa Umingan, at Barangay Malimpin sa Dasol.
“Ang irigasyon sa Laoac ay bahagi ng irrigation component ng Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, na ipinatutupad ng DAR katulong ang National Irrigation Authority (NIA). Sinamahan ang DAR Provincial Office ng Regional at Central office ng NIA at ng Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee, sa pag-inspeksyon ng SPIP kasama rin ang recipient naARB organisasyon,” ani Franciso.
Ang proyektong ito ay naaayon sa kautusan ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr., sa pamamagitan ng liderato ni DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III, upang maiangat ang pamumuhay ng mga magsasaka.
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