Mindanaotoday.com | NIA-10 3-day congress to aid farmers via convergence
By: Jan Albert Araña
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – In line with its mandate and commitment towards its farmer clientele, the National Irrigation Administration-10 (NIA-10) successfully conducted its three-day Regional Irrigators Association (IA) Congress on March 27-29.
Attended by various federations of the farmer irrigator associations, the event serves as an avenue for the agency to give updates on the status of the ongoing projects and its proposed programs and projects.
The agency talked about its budget and how the funds for CY 2023 aren’t enough to help all of the Irrigators Association with their needs.
However, NIA-10 said that it has worked with other government agencies to make sure that its farmer clients can still get help and take part in projects.
“As for 2023, our budget is limited, so what we are still doing is convergence. We are in talks with different government agencies about what their programs are that our farmers can avail of,” said Martin Tacloban, NIA central office institutional development division manager.
Government agencies like the Department of Agriculture-10, the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization, the Security Exchange Commission, and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation were also there and gave updates on their programs and projects that the associations could use.
Armando Arizala, who is the acting regional manager for NIA-10, reminds the IAs that it is just as important to work together with other IAs and share what they have learned as it is to work with other government agencies.
“It is not just the convergence with other agencies that is important in this congress; it is also important to have convergence, sharing of ideas, and cooperation among federations—not just with their officers but with their members as well,” Arizala said. (JAKA | PIA-10 | Misamis Oriental)
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