AGRICULTURE Secretary William Dar inaugurated on Feb. 3 two small water irrigation projects (SWIPs) in Balungao for the benefit of 120 farmer-members.

The projects are the Cabaroan and Poblacion irrigation projects worth P13-million and P23.8-million respectively to benefit members of Cabaroan Farmers’ Association (FA) and Poblacion Irrigators’ Association respectively.

Aside from supplying the water needs of Balungao farmers, the project will also provide additional livelihood opportunities to local residents, following the dispersal of 15,000 tilapia fingerlings by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.

During the event, Dar also awarded the San Aurelio First FA a certificate of turnover for a P12.8M-worth SWIP.

The irrigation projects, funded under the Department of Agriculture in Region 1, amount to a total of P49.6-million.

Dar urged the continuous cooperation of the provincial government of Pangasinan and the local government of Balungao with DA to ensure that all agri-fishery initiatives are implemented in the grassroots.

“We should work hand in hand — co-implement, co-monitor — always in coordination,” he said. (Eva Visperas)

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