AGRARIAN Reform beneficiary (ARB) farmers in Mabini town received a solar-powered irrigation system (SPIS) from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

DAR provincial information officer Zarena Amado said the project was turned over to the  town’s Barlo Agrarian Reform Cooperative, the main ARB organization beneficiary.

The SPIS project, under DAR’s Climate Resilient Farm Productivity Support Project (CRFPSP) worth PHP1 million, can irrigate three up to five hectares of farmland.

“With SPIS, the production costs of our farmers will be reduced because they no longer have to buy gasoline for their generator sets,” she said.

Leynard Berbenzana, one of the farmer-beneficiaries, said in a separate interview that they usually spend P20,000 for water irrigation (water pump rental, manpower and gasoline).

The farmers in the area usually wait for the rainy season starting June to be able to begin planting due to their crops’ need for irrigation but with the SPIS, they could plant even without the rain.

This is the second SPIS project in Pangasinan. The first was turned over to the beneficiaries in Bani town in May this year. (Jerick Pasilao)

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