Pres. Marcos - Bubuhayin ang patubig sa agrikultura - video Dailymotion

Pres Marcos, sinabing “bubuhayin muli ang irigasyon sa halos 38,000 hectares ng lupain sa bansa.” #SONA2024

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00:00We will revive irrigation in almost 38,000 hectares of land in the whole country.

00:09One of the finished projects is Stage 2 of the Malitubug-Maridagao Irrigation Project.

00:16Almost 10,000 hectares of land in North Cotabato and Maguindanao del Sur will be serviced by this irrigation.

00:25Some of the irrigation projects we are doing now are solar.

00:33This means that we run these projects during the day,

00:38they do not run out and we do not need to use crude oil.

00:43One example is the newly opened Kabaruan Solar Powered Pump Irrigation Project in Quirino, Isabela.

00:55Meanwhile, because of the Halaul River Multipurpose Project in Iloilo,

01:01almost 32,000 hectares of land will be provided with water.

01:10The Halaul River Project will prove the potential of irrigation.

01:16Not only can irrigation be done by the farmers,

01:20it can also be used to control flooding, electricity and also for tourism.

01:28Moving forward, irrigation dams will supplement all our other bulk water projects

01:34to ensure water security for our people, especially in the underserved areas.

01:40The effects of the El Nino floods were severe, especially for the farmers.

01:47In response to the damage caused by the floods,

01:51our farmers received protection through the crop insurance we provided.

01:59In the past two years,

02:01more than P1,000 were paid for the affected farmers and fishermen.

02:10However, it is also good that modern farming methods such as low water use farming technologies

02:17have been implemented early on.

02:20In our Lawa at Binhig project,

02:24we are already working on modern irrigation systems

02:28to make our farmers more prepared and protected against drought.