The National Irrigation Administration plans to reduce its target area for irrigated rice for dry crop 2016 (October 2015 until February 2016), and is encouraging farmers downstream of the service area to diversify to other crops as part of their El Niño mitigating measures.

Ma. Regina Mombay, senior irrigation development officer, during her NIA presentation at the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council special meeting Thursday, said that the National Irrigation Systems in the Bago River Irrigation System (BRIS), from its original target area of 9,180 hectares, will cover 7,000 hectares in case of reduced water levels due to El Niño.

The original target area from the Pangipian River Irrigation System (PRIS) of 1,065 hectares may also dip to 900 hectares, she said.

ERC conducts hearing
on P58M Ceneco project
BY SHIELA GELERA

The Energy Regulatory Commission held an evidential hearing on the application of Central Negros Electric Cooperative for authority to implement rerouting or relocation of the 69 KV Talisay Feeder, and installation of disconnect switches, with prayer for provisional authority.

Hearing officer, Rhett Roswell Mislang, said yesterday that the Ceneco manifested and affirmed that the project worth P58 million is not only for rerouting and relocation, but the construction of a new 69KV line to augment the reliability of the old existing 69KB Talisay Feeder line.

"We asked them (Ceneco) to submit the documents for us to evaluate and see if there is, indeed, a need to construct a new line," Mislang said.

Hinobaan gets
P2.5M tractor aid
BY KARLA PANGANIBAN

A tractor costing about P2.5 million with complete implements for use in production and promotion of corn and cassava was provided to Hinoba-an farmers during a two-day hands-on training attended by more than 30 farmer leaders in the town.

The farmers were from Hinoba-an and Sipalay City, Provincial Coodinator, Armando Abaño of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, said yesterday.

This is part of Agri-Pinoy Corn-on Farm Mechanization Program of the Department of Agriculture being implemented by OPA and LGUs through their agricultural offices for the corn-cassava cluster program areas, while DA- Region 6 is the funding agency for such training, he said.

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