1. Good news for Sulu people if the P65 Million allotted for agri field will go to the hand of farmers safely.
P63 M allotted for irrigation to revive abandoned Sulu agri fields
By NONOY E. LACSON
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| Jolo, Sulu |
NIA regional director for Zamboanga peninsula Alejandro L. Alberca said the NIA has allotted P63.34 million for the improvement of rice field irrigation canals in some towns in Sulu.
The rice field irrigation canal projects in Sulu will be implemented by NIA-9 next month in coordination with the respective local government units where the project will be implemented, Alberca said.
Representative Tupay Loong (1st District, Sulu) said the irrigation canal projects is aimed at reviving the abandoned rice field in some towns in his district.
“Many rice field sites in my district has been abandoned for the past many years due to poor irrigation canals leading to rice field,” Loong said.
“Once the rice field irrigation canals will be completed, our rice farmers can engage again in planting rice for their consumption,” he said.
According to report, the rice field irrigation canals in Sulu has been abandoned for more than 40 years now due to the man-made calamity like insurgency and poor irrigation facilities.
Loong said he wanted to make his district food sufficient in the coming years by irrigating some areas of the district and infuse more fruit trees for planting and livelihood opportunities.
Loong had earlier distributed some 150,000 hybrid coconut seedlings purchased from the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) station in this city to replace the old coconut trees in the towns of Hadji Panglima Tahil, Indanan, Jolo, Maimbung, Pangutaran, Parang, Patikul, and Talipao – all located in the 1st district of Sulu.
Loong also distributed about 2,000 heads of ducks to the residents living along the coastal municipalities in his district.
He expressed belief that livelihood programs are the key to bail people out from poverty and eradicate insurgency in his district in the province.
“Always remember that the root cause of insurgency is poverty. Now, if I will continue to introduce a series of livelihood programs for my constituents in my district, it is just as good as saying, I am helping the authorities reduce the insurgency rate of Sulu by feeding them with food and livelihood opportunities,” Loong told journalists here.
He said agricultural seedlings like abaca, rubber and other high valued agricultural plants have also distributed last week to the people of Sulu.
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