NAVAL, Biliran – With months of drought that affect the agriculture sector in the country, Biliran farmers were urged to organize to avail of irrigation system facilities from the National Irrigation Administration (NIA).
In a recent meeting with Nelson Sarsoza, irrigators’ development officer and team leader of NIA-Biliran, he informed that farmers only need to be enrolled in the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) and organize themselves into associations to qualify for free irrigation system and other assistance from NIA.
If the farmers are not yet organized but need to have an irrigation system in their farmland area, the barangay may send a letter request to their office and NIA will facilitate the organization of farmers, Sarsosa said.
Unlike before were farmers have to pay bags of palay to the organization for a fee, this time, NIA will provide subsidy to farmers particularly in the maintenance of the irrigation system, and their irrigated farmlands within the service area.
NIA-Biliran is currently handling a total of 38 irrigators’ associations in the municipalities of Almeria, Biliran, Cabucgayan, Caibiran, Culaba, Kawayan, and Naval, he added.
For interested farmer-applicants, visit NIA-Biliran located at the 2nd Floor of DAR Building at Sitio BLISS, Brgy. Calumpang, Naval, Biliran.
(MLT, PIA Biliran)
