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Agri czar pushes for solar irrigation to boost rice production

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MANILA — Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol is pushing for the massive adoption in the country of the solar-powered irrigation system (SPIS), which, he said, is much cheaper, faster to put up, allows more rice croppings, and makes rice sufficiency attainable.

MANILA — Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol is pushing for the massive adoption in the country of the solar-powered irrigation system (SPIS), which, he said, is much cheaper, faster to put up, allows more rice croppings, and makes rice sufficiency attainable.

He said the conventional system of the National Irrigation Administration at present does not suffice for all of the country’s farm irrigation needs.

“We have land, but the issue is providing water there. So, we must think out of the box,” Piñol said at the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM)’s 67th-anniversary celebration in Metro Manila on Friday.

See full article at Philippine News Agency

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