{"id":278145,"date":"2020-12-10T00:56:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T05:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=278145"},"modified":"2020-12-10T00:56:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T05:56:48","slug":"quezon-farmers-to-get-irrigation-system-from-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/10\/quezon-farmers-to-get-irrigation-system-from-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Quezon farmers to get irrigation system from Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_247293\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-247293\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pushing-financial-literacy-for-farmers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-247293\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pushing-financial-literacy-for-farmers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pushing-financial-literacy-for-farmers.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pushing-financial-literacy-for-farmers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pushing-financial-literacy-for-farmers-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-247293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The program, dubbed &#8220;Sulong Ang Pag-unlad ng mga Magsasaka\/Magniniyog&#8221; (SAPM), aims to improve the farmers&#8217; financial management skills and assist them in agricultural businesses, specifically coconut farming. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dacentralphilippines\/photos\/a.524349634313148\/2655266957888061\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">photo<\/a>: <span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh m9osqain\"><a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl oo9gr5id gpro0wi8 lrazzd5p\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dacentralphilippines\/?__tn__=-UC*F\">Department of Agriculture &#8211; Philippines<\/a>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Japanese government is set to turn over the Dumacaa River Irrigation System in Lucena City, Quezon on December 10 to boost the province&#8217;s farm yield and productivity, the Japanese Embassy in Manila announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The irrigation system is part of Japan&#8217;s \u00a56.18 billion (PHP2.85 billion) National Irrigation Sector Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (NISRIP) that targets to rehabilitate 11 river irrigation systems (RIS) nationwide. Four RIS including the Dumacaa RIS in Quezon have been completed.<\/p>\n<p>The PHP115 million sub-project covers the rehabilitation of the Alsam Dam that will restore around 1,839 hectares of service areas.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Embassy, around 1,795 farmers in the municipality of Pagbilao and cities of Lucena and Tayabas are seen to benefit from the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The Dumacaa Federation of Irrigators\u2019 Associations will also be strengthened with the provision of four buildings with combined office and support facilities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All of these interventions are vital enablers to increase farm yield and productivity, accelerate farm income, and deliver growth in Quezon\u2019s agricultural community,&#8221; the Embassy said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The turnover ceremony on December 10 will be attended by Embassy of Japan\u2019s Economic Affairs Minister Nakata Masahiro, National Irrigation Administration Senior Deputy Administrator Abraham Bagasin, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Philippines Chief Representative Azukizawa Eigo, and local executives of Lucena and Tayabas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Japanese government is set to turn over the Dumacaa River Irrigation System in Lucena City, Quezon on December &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":247293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278146,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278145\/revisions\/278146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}