00:00The National Irrigation Administrator is forming a cooperative from the Irrigators Association for the Philippine Center for Post-Harvest Development and Mechanization
00:09to prioritize the distribution of farm machineries like the rice processing system.
00:14With this initiative, farmers can now mill their own rice, harvested rice, and can sell it at a higher price.
00:21The NIA also is working to increase their cropping intensity through changing the cropping calendar or the climate smart agriculture.
00:28This strategy can avoid cropping season during the rainy period, which aims to boost the pala yields and help the farmers raise their income.
00:36The agency continues to implement the free service of solar pump irrigation projects for the farmers.
