The Department of Agriculture and the Province of Negros Occidental will jointly implement P166-million worth of irrigation projects next year that will irrigate an additional area of 2,675 hectares, benefiting 2,920 farm families.
Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said of the total amount, the DA through the National Irrigation Administration will share P90M, while Negros Occidental will counterpart P76M.
The DA will also provide the province P36.65-M worth of various agricultural projects, equipment and farm inputs.
He commended Governor Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr. and the members of the provincial board for allotting P76M from its 2012 budget for the repair and rehabilitation of 41 existing irrigation systems in six districts.
Sec. Alcala, who visited Negros island over the weekend, said he enjoins other progressive provinces to similarly allot funds to counterpart with the DA so they could combine limited financial resources and implement more agricultural and fishery projects.
The P90-M counterpart for irrigation projects forms part of the P126.65-million worth of various agricultural projects, farm equipment and inputs the DA will provide as counterpart to the provincial government of Negros Occidental.
The balance of P36.65M include the following: a rice processing center (P18M), four combine harvesters (P8M), four transplanters (P2M), four flatbed dryers (P2M), one 4-wheel tractor (P1M), seven hand tractors (P1M), four multipurpose drying pavements or solar dryers (P1M), one hauler truck (P1M), a high value crops development project and coffee seedlings (P1.6M), a production support and irrigation project for the 3rddistrict (P1M), and corn seeds (P50,000). DA Information Service
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