CABANATUAN CITY (PIA) -- Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) inaugurated the eight-kilometer long Calaocan Irrigation Pipeline System in barangay Burgos in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija.
DENR Regional Executive Director Paquito Moreno Jr. said the P9.4 million irrigation system was funded by JICA as an agroforestry support facility for the 10-year Forestland Management Project in the more than 44,000-hectare Pantabangan-Carranglan Watershed that will ensure the survival of forest plantations during dry months.
“It will also strengthen the resiliency of local communities in the area in the face of global warming and climate change,” he added.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Japan International Cooperation Agency inaugurate the eight-kilometer Calaocan Irrigation Pipeline System in barangay Burgos in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija. (DENR)
The irrigation system, composed of seven water tanks connected by eight kilometers of pipes, is expected to provide water to over 850 hectares of forest plantations and agroforestry farms benefitting about 900 families of upland farmers.
This is the fourth major agroforestry support facility in Carranglan funded by JICA in two years after the three concrete and hanging bridges in Pantabangan and Carranglan towns.
Carranglan Mayor Mary Abad said they are committed to sustain the irrigation system and ensure that it will benefit more generations to come. (CLJD-PIA 3)
The irrigation system, composed of seven water tanks connected by eight kilometers of pipes, is expected to provide water to over 850 hectares of forest plantations and agroforestry farms benefitting about 900 families of upland farmers. (DENR)
