Manila, March 3 -- A newly completed PHP10 million irrigation project in Davao Occidental will provide farmers with sustainable and modern agricultural solutions, the National Irrigation Administration in Davao Region (NIA-11) said Monday.

The Basiawan Pump Irrigation Project, the province's first groundwater pump irrigation initiative, was turned over to the Basiawan Solar Power Pump Irrigators Association (IA) Inc. in Sitio Kumassie, Barangay Basiawan, Sta. Maria, last month.

Benjie Nierre, head of engineering and operations at NIA-11 Davao del Sur Irrigation Management Office (IMO), said the project uses a solar-powered pumping system to lift groundwater, which is then distributed to farmlands through high-density polyethylene pipes ...