Tag: irrigation

PHL, S. Korea ink agricultural pact

(Eagle News)-The Philippines and South Korea have inked an agricultural agreement that will ensure the use of technology in the industry. “With the MoU (memorandum of understanding) on Agricultural Cooperation signed today, various activities are now being lined up, including technology transfer on mechanization and irrigation,” Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said in a post. Piñol’s announcement came after President Rodrigo Duterte  and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-In held a bilateral meeting at the Blue […]

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Lawmakers laud Duterte signing into law of free irrigation act

(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte received praise from several lawmakers for his signing of the Free Irrigation Service Act. Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao  hailed Duterte’s move as a “major step in our campaign to better farmers’ lives.” Casilao is a member of the Makabayan bloc that proposed the bill. In a statement, Senator Ralph Recto said  Duterte’s signing of the free irrigation law should “open the floodgates to an irrigation building spree.” “We can only coax 6 […]

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President Duterte signs Free Irrigation Service Act into law

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the Free Irrigation Service Act, which exempts farmers who own 8 hectares of land or less from paying irrigation fees, and allows for the writing off  of their loans and penalties to the National Irrigation Administration. Under the act signed into law on Feb. 2, the farmers are covered by the exemption if the water in question is derived from “national irrigation systems and communal irrigation systems […]

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