NIA Region X – From a Camiguin farmer’s request to NIA Administrator Benny D. Antiporda in the recently concluded Regional Irrigators Association Congress on August 4, 2022 in Cagayan de Oro City regarding repair of main high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes in their irrigation system, immediate action was made by the Agency a day after continue reading : NIA finishes repair of Camiguin’s damaged main HDPE pipes 2 days after request in the IA Congress

  NIA Central Office – The two major dams in Luzon, the 48-year-old Pantabangan Dam in Pantabangan Nueva Ecija and the 39-year-old Magat Dam in Ramon, Isabela, were undamaged by the recent Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake in Tayum, Abra on July 27, 2022. This attests the structural integrity of NIA dams which can stand 50 years continue reading : Tested Integrity of NIA Constructed Dams

  NIA Central Office – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos, Jr. recently appointed former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary and NIA Senior Deputy Administrator Benny D. Antiporda as the NIA Acting Administrator and Member of the NIA Board of Directors. A statement from the Office of the Press Secretary on July 22, continue reading : Benny D. Antiporda: The New NIA Administrator

  NIA Central Office – With the goal of providing more efficient monitoring, evaluation, and field inspection/validation of the status of on-going construction and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) activities of irrigation projects nationwide, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has recently acquired 5 units of heavy equipment (Doozan wheeled excavators) worth P32 million from the winning continue reading : NIA acquires P30-million heavy equipment for field operations

  NIA Central Office – Immediately after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Luzon island on July 27, 2022, NIA Management called on a meeting with all NIA Department, Regional, and Project Managers for the assessment of earthquake damages on irrigation facilities. Upon the conduct of field investigation and site inspection, NIA Region I incurred damages continue reading : Post-Earthquake Assessment on irrigation damages

  NIA Region III – Farmers and residents in the ICD – Gawad Kalinga Village in Barangay Saysain, Bagac, Bataan are now assured of better access with the completion of the 1.3-kilometer service road project of the National Irrigation Administration that was inaugurated and turned over on July 12, 2022. NIA Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya continue reading : Not an irrigation system: NIA inaugurates service road for upland farmers and villagers in Bataan

  NIA Region IX – NIA Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya, together with NIA-Region IX Acting Regional Manager Salome N. Layasan, led the inauguration of the New NIA-Region IX Office Building located at Regional Center, Balintawak, Pagadian City on June 30, 2022. The 6,107.82 square meters donated lot by the Pagadian City Government, headed by Mayor continue reading : NEW NIA-REGION IX OFFICE BUILDING INAUGURATED

  NIA CRPIP – Under the leadership of Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) conducted the Inauguration of the P4.497-billion Chico River Pump Irrigation Project (CRPIP) on June 25, 2022 at Sitio Casiling, Barangay Katabbogan, Pinukpuk, Kalinga. Started in 2018, CRPIP is a flagship infrastructure project financed by the People’s Republic of continue reading : NIA inaugurates and turns over 2 infrastructure flagship projects

  NIA Central Office – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA), headed by Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya, eyes the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) on irrigation development with 50 potential irrigation projects nationwide. Irrigation development in the Philippines is very slow at 2% of the potential irrigable area of about 1.3 million hectares annually due to lack of continue reading : NIA EYES PPP ON IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT

  NIA Central Office – As part of the Philippine Government’s presidential transition process, president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos, Jr. expressed his plans to reprioritize the development of agriculture in the country. During the Agri 2022 Online Forum, he highlighted the need for a “change of approach” in the agricultural sector. Marcos Budget Priorities include continue reading : NIA eyes greater achievements under Marcos Administration