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Friday, June 16, 2017

Congress, Approves Free Irrigation to All Farmers Nationwide!


One of the promises of President Rodrigo Duterte in his election campaign last year is to provide free irrigation for farmers to boost their productivity and to ensure food security.  This promise is not forgotten for farmers.  Farmers, irrigator's association, and farmer's cooperative will be having a good reason to continue their passion in farming for the Philippines if House Bill 5670 or Free Irrigation Act will be passed into a law.  Earlier the House of Representative has approved the bill on third and final reading.



(NEWS BREAK: Panukalang libreng patubig para sa mga magsasaka, naaprubahan na ng Kongreso)


One of the promises of President Rodrigo Duterte in his election campaign last year is to provide free irrigation for farmers to boost their productivity and to ensure food security.

This promise is not forgotten for farmers.

Farmers, irrigator's association, and farmer's cooperative will be having a good reason to continue their passion in farming for the Philippines if House Bill 5670 or Free Irrigation Act will be passed into a law.

Earlier the House of Representative has approved the bill on third and final reading.




The bill seeks to provide free irrigation for farmers and has the following goal;

1. To pursue a genuine agricultural development strategy by providing support services for farmers, with the end in view of raising their productivity and improving their access to markets.

2. To promote and institutionalize irrigation systems that are free, effective, suitable, applicable and efficient to achieve genuine agricultural development.” 

Qualified beneficiaries include farmers, irrigators’ associations, and farmers’ cooperatives.

(Libreng irigasyon para sa mga magsasaka, nakalakip sa 2017 budget)



Owners or operators of corporate farms, plantations, fishponds and other non-agricultural crop users drawing water or using drainage facilities of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) are not qualified beneficiaries of the program.

Under the bill, the NIA will provide technical and financial assistance to farmers and local government units.

In P3.35-trillion national budget this 2017, P2 billion is allocated for irrigation fee subsidy.



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