By Teresa Ellera (SunStar) - File Photo of Cloudseeding
THE
Provincial Government of Negros Occidental is preparing a P4-million
budget for a possible cloud seeding operation to induce rains needed by
farmers.
The Department of Agriculture will fund the cloud seeding while the province is looking for the P4-million counterpart fund, Marañon said.
"The most important thing to do is to pray because it is the best answer," Marañon urged Negrenses.
While rains have been experienced in some parts of the province the past few days, several areas have not experienced rains since December.
Farmers, including small sugarcane planters, now fear that their plantations will be damaged because these have been drying up already.
Marañon said the province is also looking for experts in cloud seeding.
The problem with cloud seeding operation is that sometimes the rains do fall on the targeted areas where it is needed, the governor said.
Even the Bago River Irrigation System (BRIS) is slowly drying up because of the dry spell that hit the province starting February.
Engineer Rita Suarez of the Negros Occidental Irrigation Management Office of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said they have minimal water supply to provide for the rice farms in the cities of Bago and Bacolod, and Murcia town.
"The water level of the BRIS has dropped by 30 centimeters," Suarez said.
The Department of Agriculture will fund the cloud seeding while the province is looking for the P4-million counterpart fund, Marañon said.
"The most important thing to do is to pray because it is the best answer," Marañon urged Negrenses.
While rains have been experienced in some parts of the province the past few days, several areas have not experienced rains since December.
Farmers, including small sugarcane planters, now fear that their plantations will be damaged because these have been drying up already.
Marañon said the province is also looking for experts in cloud seeding.
The problem with cloud seeding operation is that sometimes the rains do fall on the targeted areas where it is needed, the governor said.
Even the Bago River Irrigation System (BRIS) is slowly drying up because of the dry spell that hit the province starting February.
Engineer Rita Suarez of the Negros Occidental Irrigation Management Office of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said they have minimal water supply to provide for the rice farms in the cities of Bago and Bacolod, and Murcia town.
"The water level of the BRIS has dropped by 30 centimeters," Suarez said.
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