Water delivery for the wet cropping season started on May 1, 2022, to the service area covered by the Aklan River Irrigation System.
Prior to this, the Operations and Maintenance personnel of NIA Aklan-Capiz IMO removed garbage along the main and lateral canals to efficiently provide irrigation water to the rice fields.
On May 1, 2022, the Negros Occidental Irrigation Management Office starts water delivery for wet cropping season in Bago and Pangiplan River Irrigation Systems.
The Aklan-Capiz Irrigation Management Office programmed a series of training on High Value Crops (Vegetable Production) for the IA Model Farm located at Brgy. Jugas, New Washington, Aklan and in connection to the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) program. The training commenced on April 20, 2022 with beneficiaries from Jugas Irrigators Association, Inc. headed by IA President Salvador R. Villanueva.
The proposed PRBIDP located in the Province of Capiz has the following objectives; to ensure that the region is self-sufficient and to significantly contribute to the attainment of the country’s rice production target based on the updated Farmers’ Satisfaction Survey (FSS) Roadmap.
The project components are infrastructure development, institutional & socio-economic development.
The National Irrigation Administration Regional Office 6 attended the 1st Regional Convergence Team Meeting and Ceremonial Signing of the Regional Memorandum of Understanding of Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) Program on April 22, 2022 at Seda Hotel, Iloilo City.
The agency was represented by Engr. Rory F. Avance - Regional Manager A as the principal signatory. The EPAHP Program is the government's initiative of eradicating hunger and poverty in the country.
