Yap gives P6M for Bilar Irrigation improvement
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap breaks ground for the P6M improvement of the Bilar Agricultural College Communal Irrigation System. This was aimed to drastically increase rice harvests while stressing the need for government to spur jobs in the countryside.
For the project, it will maximize 40 hectares of irrigated rice lands by generating 5 more hectares and rehabilitating the 35 hectares of prime beds, states Engr. Olympio Galagala Jr., Bohol irrigation officer.
Using the excess water of Bilar’s Yectin River, the irrigation system improvement is also expected to benefit residents who would be provided river bank protection, upgrade harvests and help 186 farmer beneficiaries of the Zamros Irrigators’ Association, according to the project profile. (rachiu/PIA)
