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    • Around 88% of farmlands nationwide irrigated; water supply sufficient 

      Buco, Benjamin V. Jr. (BusinessWorld, March 26, 2010, on page S1/6)
      Around 88% of farmlands across the country scheduled for irrigation during this year's dry cropping season have already been watered, and the coverage is expected to improve as farming activities continue despite the El ...
    • Changing perspectives, increasing effectiveness in agriculture 

      Lopez, Mario Antonio G. (BusinessWorld, July 26, 2016, on page SI/6)
      Secretary Manny Piñol identified a number of provinces that the Department of Agriculture will provide speedy aid in speeding up poverty alleviation and wealth creation. This is good and I think few will disagree with the ...
    • Chico River pump irrigation inaugurated 

      Visaya, Vince Jacob (The Manila Times, June 28, 2022, on page A8)
      The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) and Chinese officials formally inaugurated the P4.373-billion Chico River Pump Irrigation Project at Barangay Katabbogan, Pinukpuk, Kalinga on Saturday, June 25. NIA Administrator ...
    • ‘Inday’ to bring more rains, flood: 24 Luzon, Visayas provinces placed under general flood advisory 

      Ruiz, Ellalyn de Vera; Recuenco, Aaron (Manila Bulletin, July 19, 2018, on page 1-4)
      With the forecast, a general flood advisory has been issued over several areas in Luzon and in the Visayas as threats of flooding remain high. Meanwhile, a fisherman in Batangas went missing as several parts of the country ...
    • Plastic wastes found inside fish from Chico River 

      See, Dexter (Manila Bulletin, May 1, 2010, on page 15)
      Environmentalists and agriculture stakeholders here are alarmed over the worsening pollution in Chico River so much so that fish caught in it have ingested plastic wastes. The alarm was raised by the concerned stakeholders ...
    • Tilapia with better genes swims upstream to Cordillera highlands 

      Icamina, Paul M. (Malaya, March 23, 2018, on page A2)
      The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), Department of Science and Technology, has approved a P4.1-million grant to determine the best strain of tilapia ...