The capacity of the SPIS can be extended with the oversupply of water pumped from the river in low-lying areas to where the farms are. “Kung kailan mainit, mas maganda ito, mas malakas takbo ng bomba at mas malaki ang area na ma-cover (It is better when it is hot, the pumps will run better and can provide more water to a bigger area),” he said. Our technology uses the heat of the sun for us to have irrigation and we can plant,” Piñol said. Our ‘enemy"’ during El Niño is the heat of the sun. Ang kalaban natin sa El Niño yung lakas ng araw - sa technology na ito, gagamitin natin ang araw para magkaroon tayo ng patubig para makapagtanim tayo (As they say, use the power of the enemy for you to succeed. “Yung sinasabi nila na gamitin mo ang lakas ng kalaban para magtagumpay. "It is because they have irrigation,” Piñol said. He cited Israel’s experience where a maximum of three rains occur in a year and in Southern California, which experiences drought, but are the top producers of agriculture products.
Piñol said the El Niño phenomenon affecting the country is not something that must worry the farmers. “ Kapag may tubig, wala tayong problema (if we have water, we do not have a problem),” Piñol said. “But I have yet to see agriculture without water, which is the most important of all,” he added. Sunlight can be substituted by artificial light. He said in the absence of soil, hydroponics can be used. “There are three important things in agriculture - land, sun for photosynthesis, and water,” Piñol said during the turn-over ceremonies here. The SPIS, each amounting to PHP6 million, are located in the Abra towns of Tayum, Bucay, Danglas, and La Paz. There are two others underway - one each in the provinces of Ifugao and Mountain Province. The four SPIS is part of the six solar irrigation projects implemented by the DA in the Cordillera Administrative Region under the Regional Rice Program in Abra. LA PAZ, Abra - Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on Thursday formally turned over to farmer organization-beneficiaries in four Abra towns the solar-powered irrigation system (SPIS) designed to irrigate a minimum of 10,000 hectares of rice land per area. Piñol turned over four solar-powered irrigation systems to four farmer organization beneficiaries in Abra. Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol (2nd from left) is joined by local officials of Abra province and farmers associations in opening the gate valve that supplies water from the impounding facility to the farms.
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