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NIA turns over P8.1-M irrigation project in Dinagat Islands
Governor Arlene Kaka Bag-ao says the practice of alternative law involves empowering marginalized sectors such as farmers, fisherfolk, workers, women, indigenous peoples, etc. through knowledge of the law.
“This would enable them to have the capacity to protect their own rights. Alternative law also includes identifying gaps and flaws in existing policies, as well as proposals to change or amend them in order to truly work for the people, especially the marginalized,” Bag-ao says.
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Governor Bag-ao was once an AHRC intern when she was studying law in the Ateneo. During her immersion in the 90s, she lived with farmers in Sariaya, Quezon. (Dinagat Islands-Provincial Information Office/PIA-Dinagat Islands) P ovincial News NIA turns over P8.1-M irrigation project in Dinagat Islands
BUTUAN CITY – The National Irrigation Administration in Caraga Region (NIA13) handed over on Thursday (Jan. 23) a communal irrigation system that will benefit over 25 hectares of palay farms in Barangay Garcia in Libjo town, Province of Dinagat Islands. By Alexander Lopez
Known as the “Garcia-Kudkuran Communal Irrigation Project,” the project’s turnover was led by Governor Arlene “Kaka” Bag-ao and NIA General Manager Madante Ganotisi.
The irrigation project was funded under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in the amount of over PHP8.1 million. It will benefit 25 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) and the other farmers’ groups and associations in the area.
To ensure that the project will sustain to benefit more farmers in the future, Bag-ao called on the beneficiaries to properly manage the irrigation facility, including the care of its water source, the Kudkuran River.
She also urged them to plant more trees in the river banks and areas near the source of the irrigation project.
In a statement on Thursday, the Dinagat Islands’ information office said the farmers in Barangay Garcia expressed gratitude to NIA, DAR and the provincial government for the realization of the project.
It said the project is expected to improve the operating efficiency of the Garcia-Kudkuran Communal Irrigation through a modernization-based upgrading package.
The irrigation will also enhance the productivity of palay farmers and stimulate economic activity in Barangay Garcia and its nearby areas, it added. (PNA)
