City provides shallow tube wells for farm production
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS
MAYOR Belen T. Fernandez turned-over shallow tube wells consisting of a five-horse power water pump engine and a pitcher pump to the farmers association in Barangay Mangin for them to irrigate their farmland, comprising 25 hectares.
“This will help our farmers produce other crops other than rice to augment their income after their first harvest,” Fernandez said, noting that these farmers only till their lands on rainy days as these become barren as soon as the rainy season is over.
Punong Barangay Benedict Cayabyab thanked Mayor Fernandez for the equipment even as he assured farmers that the barangay council will immediately put the equipment in operation as soon as possible, which is their equity to this project.
Barangay Kagawad Darwin Z. Aquino said that around 180 local farmers will benefit from the irrigation equipment, which will help them plant other crops like mongo, peanuts, corn and vegetables that do not need a lot of water to survive.
“This is very significant in terms of helping our farmers earn some extra income from their lands and at the same time assure us something to buy from the market that are produced by our farmers,” City Agriculture Officer Emma J. Molina said.
Aside from farmers of Mangin, the other beneficiaries of the program are those from barangays of Salisay and Bolosan, Tebeng and Bonuan Boquig.
The project was made possible under the Grassroots Participatory Budgeting Process (GPBP). (Joseph C. Bacani/CIO))
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