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P13-M for Misamis irrigation projects
- Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/333478/p13m-misamis-irrigation-projects
- Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 3:02pm
- by Mb.com.ph
MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Agriculture is allotting P13 million to rehabilitate two communal irrigation systems (CIS) in Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental to enable the province to attain 100 percent self-sufficiency in rice in the next two years from the current 84% level.
Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said the two irrigation projects are the Labo and the Clarin CIS that serve a combined area of 160 hectares.
When completed, the Labo CIS will irrigate a total of 118 hectares, while Clarin will irrigate 42 hectares.
Initially, the two systems were allotted with P6.5 million, but Secretary Alcala doubled it to P13 million, upon knowing that the province currently produces 84% of its total rice requirements. He challenged the local officials and farmers to attain 100 percent self-sufficiency in rice the soonest possible time, even before 2013, by doubling their irrigation budget.
In particular, he urged farmers to increase their average palay harvest to at least five tons per hectare by employing good agricultural practices – from land preparation to use of good quality certified seeds, proper fertilization, and adoption of postharvest practices.
The country’s current average harvest of palay (unmilled rice) is 3.7 tons (74 cavans of 50 kilos each) per hectare.
The National Irrigation Administration in Region X, through the Lanao-Misamis Occidental Irrigation Management Office under Regional Irrigation Manager Julius S. Maguiling, has achieved 52.71 percent irrigation development in the region.
The region has a total agricultural area 193,830 hectares. Of these, 14,574 hectares have potential for irrigation. About one-half of these areas are already irrigated by the NIA, commercial or private irrigators, and small land owners. The rest is for irrigation development.
Misamis Occ solon supports DSWD’s request for higher budget
- Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r10&id=52692
- Tuesday, September 06, 2011
- by Charmaine P. Tadlas
OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Sept. 6 (PIA) -- Congressman Loreto Leo S. Ocampos of the 2nd District, this province, is supporting the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) proposal for a Php39 billion budget for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in 2012.
The Congressman said that he supports Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman and sees the need to cover more households for the Program.
“I go for the approval of the higher budget of Pantawid Pamilya for 2012, since many poor families can actually benefit from it,” he said.
The Pantawid Pamilya is the conditional cash transfer (CCT) scheme of the national government which provides a maximum of Php1,400 to poor households for their children’s educational and health needs.
In exchange for the subsidy, each household shall comply with their co-responsibilities, such as, ensuring that their children are sent to school and have regular checkups and that household heads and their spouses shall also attend to Family Development Sessions of the Program.
Cong. Ocampos saw that the DSWD’ Program has improved the quality of life of many families, thus, his support for Pantawid Pamilya.
He emphasized however that the implementation of the Program needs fine-tuning in terms of its list of recipients, the speedy delivery of the cash assistance, and to strengthen the monitoring of the beneficiaries’ compliance of their co-responsibilities in the Program.
He also mentioned that the DSWD should also strengthen its coordination with the congressional offices believing that the latter can share their part in reinforcing Pantawid Pamilya’s objectives in helping the poor.
Meanwhile, beneficiaries of the Program are also voicing out their support to Secretary Soliman for an increase in budget to P39 Billion for 2012.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development is currently providing cash subsidy to 200,569 households in Region 10 alone.(PIA 10)