IRRIGATION for 1.2 million hectares (ha) from a potentially irrigable land area of 3.2 million ha, and solar pump irrigation systems in El Niño-affected areas across the country, were some of the 2024 accomplishments presented by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), whose administrator, Eduardo Guillen, also laid down the agency’s plans for 2025.
From a previously targeted 1.7 million ha, systems were functional in 1.2 million ha, Guillen pointed out, adding that from the 500,000 hectares with nonfunctional systems, 200,000 hectares have been converted to residential and industrial use.
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