by: Villamor Visaya Jr. and Desiree Caluza, Inquirer Northern Luzon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
CAUAYAN CITY, Philippines—To prepare for a long, hot summer, irrigation and agriculture officials are conducting a series of cloud-seeding operations in Cagayan Valley starting this month to lessen the effects of drought.
Mariano Dancel, National Irrigation Administration-Magat River Integrated Irrigation System (NIA-MRIIS) operations manager, said a seeding-capable plane would be used for the operations.
He said the NIA-MRIIS and the Department of Agriculture have been implementing contingency measures since September when weather experts noted signs of El Niño.
Water rationing
He said they have been rationing water from Magat Dam to irrigate farmlands in Isabela, Cagayan, Quirino and parts of Ifugao.
Water rationing has been set up for downstream canals during Mondays to Wednesdays and upstream canals during Thursdays to Sundays, Dacel said.
The scheme would ensure water flow to irrigation canals to sustain palay farms until June, when the effects of El Niño are expected to taper off, he said.
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COMMENT:
El Niño is one of the most dreaded climatic phenomena here in the Philippines for it causes widespread hunger and malnutrition. I do hope the El Niño doesn't last long in Cagayan.
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