Benguet irrigators to supply vegetables to BJMP

July 1, 2021 - 10:34am

Officers of the Benguet Farmers Federation of Irrigators’ Association (BFFIA) and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (Benguet) together with officials of NIA-CAR pose for a group photo after the signing of Marketing Agreement by and between BFFIA and BJMP at the NIA Cordillera Farmers’ Training Center in Wangal, La Trinidad, Benguet on June 28, 2021.

Benguet Farmers Federation of Irrigators’ Association will now be the direct suppliers of vegetables and fruits of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (... read more

NIA turns over pump irrigation system to irrigators' group

July 1, 2021 - 10:34am

NIA-CAR Regional Manager Benito T. Espique, Jr. turns over the documents of the Bayabas Pump Irrigation System to Councilor Arthur Shontogan who is also the president of the Peril Obudan Capjaran Farmers Association Inc. while other officials of NIA, barangay, Office of the Benguet Caretaker and OMAG look on during the simple turnover ceremony of the irrigation system in Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet on June 25, 2021.

La Trinidad, Benguet—Bayabas Pump Irrigation System in Brgy. Pico will now be... read more

Irrigation project breaks ground in Kapangan, Benguet

June 2, 2021 - 10:12am

NIA-CAR Regional Manager, Engr. Benito T. Espique Jr., leads the laying of the time capsule for the Pinaljok Communal Irrigation Project (CIP) together with Kapangan Acting Mayor Mayo Eslay (Vice-Mayor), Ms. Virginia Aycud, Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer (PARPO) of DAR-Benguet, representatives from the provincial government of Benguet, municipal councilors and farmer-beneficiaries during its groundbreaking ceremony on May 26, 2021.

Kapangan, Benguet — Twenty-one irrigator-farmers... read more

Government agencies in the Cordillera pledge commitment to EPAHP

June 2, 2021 - 11:38am

Regional directors and representatives of government agencies in the Cordillera pose for the photo ops after the launching and signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) for CAR.
Eighteen government agencies in the Cordillera signed partnership to the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) for Cordillera Administrative Region as launched today, April 7, at the NIA-CAR Farmers' Training Center, Wangal, La Trinidad, Benguet via face-to-face and virtual method.

Formed after the success of the Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (PAHP) program of the... read more

Repair and maintenance activities in full blast at UCRIS

May 28, 2021 - 9:26am

Various repair and maintenance activities at the biggest irrigation system in CAR, Upper Chico River Irrigation System in Tabuk, Kalinga, are currently underway during the irrigation cut off to maintain the efficiency of water delivery.

Among these improvement activities include desilting of the main diversion canal which are full of more than 1.5-meter-thick silt.

According to Engr. Ferdinand Indammog, chief of the Operations Section of the NIA Kalinga Irrigation Office, desilting activities at the main canal are being conducted as early as five o’clock in the morning until about ten o’clock in the evening to be able to... read more

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