(File photo courtesy of PhilRice) LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Agrarian Reform in Bicol (DAR-5) will turn over a PHP3.7-million communal irrigation system (CIS) that is seen to boost rice productivity to a farmer-irrigators' association in Camarines Norte anytime this month. Camarines Norte Agrarian Reform chief Camilo A. Del Monte, in a social media post on Wednesday, said the project that was funded under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in partnership with National Irrigation Administration-Irrigation Management Office (NIA-IMO), will irrigate over 40 hectares of rice land. It will benefit some 60 rice farmers including agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) who are members of the Batobalani Paracale Farmers Irrigators Association, Inc., he noted. Del Monte said the initial inspection of the diversion and canal lining works in Barangay Batobalani, Paracale town was conducted last February 22. Meanwhile, Engr. Carol L. Ranola, acting provincial manager of the NI
A P3.7-million communal irrigation system (CIS) project in Camarines Norte is expected to improve the province’s rice production and the income of small farmers, an official of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said. The communal irrigation system is scheduled for turn over to a farmer-irrigators association based in Camarines…