Irrigation

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                    [Title] => Expanded irrigation to boost Iloilo rice output
                    [Summary] => The expansion of the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project  is expected to increase local rice production in Iloilo by almost 140,000 metric tons, the Department of Agriculture said.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-02-15 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1375272
                    [AuthorName] => Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas
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                    [Title] => Surigao del Sur quakes leave P192.25-M in infra damages
                    [Summary] => Communities are left reeling a week after two strong earthquakes hit the province of Surigao del Norte, with damages racking up as of press time.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-12-09 11:50:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1806091
                    [AuthorName] => James Relativo
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                    [Title] => Angat irrigation allocation cut
                    [Summary] => Starting tomorrow, standing rice crops in Bulacan and in parts of Pampanga will have to rely on rainwater for irrigation requirements.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-04-30 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Ramon Efren Lazaro
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                    [Title] => Government eyes more private partners for irrigation
                    [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture is eyeing more partnerships with the private sector particularly on the construction of irrigation systems to cover the needed one million hectares in the country.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-08-11 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
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                    [Title] => DA turns over solar power irrigation system in Sultan Kudarat
                    [Summary] => The government has constructed another unit of solar powered irrigation system in Sultan Kudarat as part of efforts to help ensure sufficient rice supply in the country.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-04-10 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1475310
                    [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
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                    [Title] => Tumult in Emmanuel Piñol’s agriculture turf
                    [Summary] => No man, not even a cabinet minister, is a prophet in his own land. Agriculture Sec. Manny Piñol is doubted in his North Cotabato home province. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-03-15 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134276
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                    [AuthorID] => 1805283
                    [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc
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                    [Title] => Department of Agriculture offers P100-million loans to farmers near Laguna Lake
                    [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture is extending P100 million worth of loans to farmers in Laguna and Rizal in a bid to boost rice production.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-02-21 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
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                    [Title] => Costs of irrigation investments  in Philippines too large vs output
                    [Summary] =>  The government is not getting the most out of its investments in irrigation as costs far outweigh benefits, according to a paper published by state-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). 
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-02-18 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Czeriza Valencia 
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                    [Title] => Agriculture needs P44 billion to sustain solar-powered irrigation
                    [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture needs at least P44 billion over the last three remaining years of the administration for the construction of solar-powered irrigation systems (SPIS) nationwide to help ensure sufficient rice supply and increase productivity in the country.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-01-02 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
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                    [Title] => NIA puts up P74-million pumping station in Camarines Sur
                    [Summary] => The National Irrigation Administration has opened the new P74-million pumping station of the Libmanan-Cabusao pump irrigation system as part of the government’s effort to cover more agricultural areas nationwide.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-10-23 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1475310
                    [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
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Expanded irrigation to boost Iloilo rice output

By Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas | February 15, 2024 - 12:00am

The expansion of the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project is expected to increase local rice production in Iloilo by almost...

Business

Surigao del Sur quakes leave P192.25-M in infra damages

By James Relativo | December 9, 2023 - 11:50am

Communities are left reeling a week after two strong earthquakes hit the province of Surigao del Norte, with damages racking...

Headlines

Angat irrigation allocation cut

By Ramon Efren Lazaro | April 30, 2022 - 12:00am

Starting tomorrow, standing rice crops in Bulacan and in parts of Pampanga will have to rely on rainwater for irrigation requirements.

Nation

Government eyes more private partners for irrigation

By Louise Maureen Simeon | August 11, 2019 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture is eyeing more partnerships with the private sector particularly on the construction of irrigation systems to cover the needed one million hectares in the country.

Agriculture

DA turns over solar power irrigation system in Sultan Kudarat

By Louise Maureen Simeon | April 10, 2019 - 12:00am

The government has constructed another unit of solar powered irrigation system in Sultan Kudarat as part of efforts to help...

Business

Tumult in Emmanuel Piñol’s agriculture turf

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | March 15, 2019 - 12:00am

No man, not even a cabinet minister, is a prophet in his own land. Agriculture Sec. Manny Piñol is doubted in his North Cotabato home province.

Opinion

Department of Agriculture offers P100-million loans to farmers near Laguna Lake

By Louise Maureen Simeon | February 21, 2019 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture is extending P100 million worth of loans to farmers in Laguna and Rizal in a bid to boost rice production.

Business

Costs of irrigation investments in Philippines too large vs output

By Czeriza Valencia | February 18, 2019 - 12:00am

The government is not getting the most out of its investments in irrigation as costs far outweigh benefits, according to a paper published by state-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)....

Business

Agriculture needs P44 billion to sustain solar-powered irrigation

By Louise Maureen Simeon | January 2, 2019 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture needs at least P44 billion over the last three remaining years of the administration for the construction of solar-powered irrigation systems (SPIS) nationwide to help ensure sufficient...

Business

NIA puts up P74-million pumping station in Camarines Sur

By Louise Maureen Simeon | October 23, 2018 - 12:00am

The National Irrigation Administration has opened the new P74-million pumping station of the Libmanan-Cabusao pump irrigation...

Business