
(Photograph from Fanny Miguel/ Provincial Agriculture Workplace)
CURRIMAO, Ilocos Norte — Farmers on this city’s 13 villages obtained a significant enhance as they obtained 60 engine pump units, together with hoses, from the Division of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
This mission is in collaboration with the Ilocos Norte provincial authorities.
Endorsed by Mayor Edward Quilala, the P1.5-million livelihood help goals to assist native farmers in sustaining crop manufacturing amid the dry season.
“We’re grateful to our native officers for granting our request. These water pumps will guarantee the expansion of our crops, significantly this summer time,” the Ilocos Norte Currimao Federation of Farmers and Fishermen Affiliation Inc. stated on Friday.
The group is led by its president Severino Dadoy.
Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc underscored the pumps’ function in guaranteeing well timed irrigation, enhancing productiveness, and mitigating local weather change results.
He additionally thanked DOLE for its continued assist for Ilocos Norte’s agricultural sector.
In line with PAGASA, this 12 months’s dry season will doubtless begin on the third week of March, with temperatures reaching 39 levels Celsius in Northern Luzon, significantly in city areas.