PICE NIA Subchapter visits irrigation project in Benguet

August 23, 2019 - 4:41pm

PICE NIA Subchapter visits irrigation project in Benguet

The Philippine Institution of Civil Engineers (PICE) Quezon City Chapter-NIA Subchapter officers headed by Gertrudes Viado, PICE President and members of the Board of Directors visited the Bayabas Communal Irrigation System (CIS) located in Bayabas, Sablan, Benguet on April 5, 2019.

The activity is part of PICE’s 2019 Annual Directional Meeting with the objective of attaining professional excellence among its members.

After the visit, PICE officers and members of the board together with NIA-CAR engineers gathered and discussed on Cordillera irrigation projects and how to... read more

NIA plants trees to celebrate founding anniversary

June 18, 2019 - 4:33pm

NIA-Ifugao Satellite Office employees planted coconut, mahogany and narra seedlings at Lamut Eco-park in Brgy. Sanafe, Lamut, Ifugao, one of the nine planting sites of NIA-CAR during the NIA nationwide synchronized tree planting on June 14, as part of the agency’s celebration of its 56th founding anniversary

La Trinidad-Benguet—Recognizing the significance of watersheds in sustaining irrigation water, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) kicked off its 56th founding anniversary this month through a synchronized tree planting in various sites all over the country on June 14, 2019.... read more

NIA now accepts entries for photo, essay contests

May 10, 2019 - 3:28pm

Wangal, La Trinidad—The National Irrigation Administration is inviting professional and amateur photographers to submit photos for the 3rd NIA Photography Competition, and students for the NIA Essay Writing Contest.

Both contests adhere to the theme of the NIA’s 56th founding anniversary celebration this June, "NIA 2019: Addressing Challenges through Modernization, Meeting Opportunities through Innovation".

The 3rd NIA Photography Competition is a nationwide activity and has two categories-the conventional category includes photos taken using all types of traditional or conventional cameras like Single Lens Reflex (SLR) or Digital SLR, and compact cameras while mobile involves photos taken using apps in all types of mobile devices like... read more

Pump irrigation project soon to benefit part of LT's Strawberry Fields

March 27, 2019 - 1:09pm

Aside from the famous strawberries, there are also different varieties of crops such as lettuce that are being planted in the strawberry fields of La Trinidad, a portion of which will soon be irrigated by the Swamp Pump Irrigation Project (PIP)

The National Irrigation Administration-Cordillera Administrative Region's (NIA-CAR) Swamp Pump Irrigation Project (PIP) in the La Trinidad's Strawberry Fields is currently undergoing pump testing before being formally turned over to the beneficiaries.

According... read more

Multi-year Pump Irrigation Project in Ifugao to get P411 million

March 27, 2019 - 12:16pm

Portion of constructed diversion canal of the Alfonso Lista Pump Irrigation System that will soon to irrigate 2,300 hectares of agricultural land in four barangays of Namillangan, Calupaan, Sto. Domingo, and Namnama in Alfonso Lista, Ifugao.

The ongoing Alfonso Lista Pump Irrigation Project (ALPIP), one of the big ticket multi-year projects of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA)  in the Province of Ifugao will get a budget allocation of P 411 million for 2019.

The ALPIP is programmed to irrigate about 2,300 hectares of agricultural land in four barangays, namely, Sto. Domingo, Calupaan, Namillangan, Namnama, in Alfonso Lista,... read more

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