WATER IS LIFE.A small irrigation development project is now completed benefiting cotton farmers in Barangay Lumbaan Bic-bica, Pinili, Ilocos Norte. The project is worth more than PHP18 million courtesy of the National Irrigation Administration. (Photo courtesy of PIA Ilocos Norte) LAOAG CITY -Cotton growers in a rural village of Lumbaan, Pinili, Ilocos Norte were elated on Thursday with the inauguration and turnover of the Lumbaan-Bicbica irrigation development project of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA). Lerwin Pidot, Grupo ti Zanjera Lumbaan Bicbica Irrigators Association Inc. president, said they are lucky for being the major recipient of the more than PHP18-million worth of projects which will revitalize cotton production in the community. According to NIA, the project covers an area of 25 hectares directly benefiting around 20 farmer beneficiaries. Completed on October 11, 2021, the project aims to increase the productivity of farmers by giving them more options to pla
LAOAG CITY – Cotton growers in a rural village of Lumbaan, Pinili, Ilocos Norte were elated on Thursday with the inauguration and turnover of the Lumbaan-Bicbica irrigation development project of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA). Lerwin Pidot, Grupo ti Zanjera Lumbaan Bicbica Irrigators