Manila, Jan. 15 -- A community-based farmers' group in San Carlos City in northern Negros Occidental is reaping the gains from the successful implementation of livelihood initiatives under the Project Local Adaptation to Water Access (LAWA) and Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished (BINHI) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Located in Sitio Alinga-ob, Barangay Quezon, the Initihan River Irrigators Association Inc., a 130-member farmers' organization established in 2017, supports 50 partner-beneficiaries and manages irrigated rice fields and communal gardens using sustainable and organic farming practices.

The site's key initiatives include a 600-square-meter small farm reservoir ...