MARCOS HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN COTABATO, MAGUINDANAO'S FOOD SECURITY

President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. on Monday highlighted the role of an irrigation system in ensuring food security in the southern portion of the Philippines.

This as Marcos led the inauguration of the Malitubog-Maridagao Irrigation Project Stage II (MMIP-II) in the municipality of Pikit, Cotabato.

''With this irrigation project, the land will become a fertile field of grain. It will bring many bountiful harvests, nourish many families and ensure their children will get their fair share of progress,'' Marcos said in his speech.

''It will put food on their plates, so that people may share their blessings at the table of peace. This irrigation would water not only the crops that we grow, but the peace that we want to take root in this land,'' the President added.

The P5.133-billion project covers a total agricultural land area of 9,528 hectares in the provinces of North Cotabato and Maguindanao del Sur.

Once operational, it is seen to benefit more than 4,000 farmers amid the adverse impacts of the El Niño phenomenon in the country, with a projected harvest of over 110 cavans of rice per hectare.

This is equivalent to an average of 1 billion production value per year.

Marcos then called on the residents to ''take care of this very valuable project.''

''Mahalin, ingatan, pangalagaan, magbigayan, at huwag abusuhin. Patakbuhin nang mabuti upang mapakinabangan ng mga darating pa na mga salinlahi,'' he said.

(Love, take care, and do not abuse this project. Ensure that it will be implemented properly so that the next generation can benefit as well.) —KG, GMA Integrated News

This article Marcos highlights role of new irrigation system in Cotabato, Maguindanao's food security was originally published in GMA News Online.

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