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PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday assured the public of sufficient food supply, particularly rice, despite the current El Ni\u00f1o phenomenon.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This was made possible by the new farming techniques and improved irrigation system adopted by the government, President Marcos said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWell, kung ang pag-uusapan natin ay bigas, sapat naman ang ating supply. Hindi kailangang mag-alala ang tao. Sa katotohanan, \u2018yung mga area na may patubig, tumaas pa \u2018yung ating naging ani, \u2018yung tons per hectare natin,\u201d President Marcos said in a media interview in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cPero siyempre, marami pa. Kagaya dito, siguro mga 50 porsyento lamang ang irrigated at so, \u2018yung iba talagang nahihirapan. Dito sa Occidental Mindoro, ang calculation namin, one percent lamang nung mga irrigated lands ang naapektuhan ng El Ni\u00f1o na talagang kailangan ng tulong,\u201d he noted.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As a remedy, he said the government is fast tracking the installation of solar pumps in upland non-irrigated areas to boost production. He said the government is also building dams and impounding pond.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The National Irrigation Administration\u2019s (NIA) goal, he said, is to widen irrigation coverage to enable farmers to plant crops, particularly palay, even during drought season.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMarami tayong binigay, dinadala na post-harvest facilities para imbes na ginigiling pa \u2018yung palay \u2014 malayo pa ang dinadalhan, kung saan-saan pa dinadala \u2014 dito na gagawin para malaki ang kikitain ng farmer,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n NIA reported that among its assistance to El Ni\u00f1o-affected areas in the province are the deployment of three new long-arm backhoes and one wheel-type backhoe to all affected areas needing immediate canal clearing and desilting works.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some 1,200 liters of diesel fuel were also distributed to farmers affected by the drought to subsidize the fuel requirement for diesel-powered water pumps in addition to 68 solar, diesel and water-powered pumps installed to irrigate 274 hectares of farmlands.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The agency also cited the construction of 18.06 kilometers of concrete irrigation canal along with 64 units of canal structures improving the delivery of irrigation water.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some 7.6 kilometers of canal was also desilted by the agency to ensure unhampered water delivery and high efficiency of irrigation services to local farmers.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday assured the public of sufficient food supply, particularly rice, despite the current El Niño phenomenon. This was made<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5280,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278\/revisions\/5280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}