SPECIAL REPORT: Solar-Powered Irrigation System: proposed solution fails to serve farmers in the time of El Nino
Touted as a flagship project of the Department of Agriculture (DA), Secretary Emmanuel Piñol wrote on his Facebook Page on March 30 that since huge dams take years to construct, “the most logical option” that would quickly respond to the threat of El Niño would be the “sustainable small irrigation projects like the Solar-Powered Irrigation System, Ram Pumps where these are applicable and even windmill-powered water pumps.”
