PIDDIG is not just a municipality in Ilocos Norte that is best known for their “best Basi” but also a recipient of innumerable awards and recognitions like “2022 Galing Pook Awardee” due to their “Basta Piddigueňo, AgriHenyo: Consolidated Farm Production System.”

Ito ang tema sa matagumpay na Stakeholders’ Convergence Forum Cum IA Congress na idinaos kahapon lamang sa Casa Jardin, Santiago City, Isabela. Naging panauhing pandangal si Senadora Imee R. Marcos at Administrador ng Pangasiwaan ng Patubig, Engr. Eddie G. Guillen sa nasabing aktibidad na inorganisa ng Magat River Integrated Irrigation System (MARIIS) at NIA Rehiyon II para sa mga magsasaka.

Internal audit is vital in every organization’s quality management system as it aids (1) to ensure that its systems, processes and procedures comply with relevant standards and regulations, (2) identify non-compliance and opportunity for improvement to take necessary corrective actions to address them, and (3) assess the effectiveness of the quality management system and make adjustments as deemed necessary to ensure continual improvement.

Despite existing weather conditions, the ceremonial Inauguration and Turnover of the P10-million Solar Pump Irrigation Project was conducted today at Brgy. Biga Oriental, Sto. Tomas, Isabela.

Sto Tomas Small Irrigation Project, located at Barangay Sto. Tomas Claveria, Cagayan, was turned over on July 27, 2022. The event was jointly undertaken by the NIA-CBIMO, LGU, IA Officials & members, Barangay Officials, and the Contractor. The project was funded under SIP 2021 amounting to P15,000,000.00 with a total service area of 50 hectares and 40 farmer-beneficiaries. It was completed on November 29, 2021.

NIA Central Office – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos, Jr. recently appointed former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary and NIA Senior Deputy Administrator Benny D. Antiporda as the NIA Acting Administrator and Member of the NIA Board of Directors. A statement from the Office of the Press Secretary on July 22, 2022 confirmed Antiporda’s appointment, along with 11 other new government officials.

The goal of the agency is to deliver a quality project, executed according to contract documents, on time and on budget. To overcome obstacles during the implementation, an effective, and efficient pre-construction conference shall be conducted.

A small water impounding project is a structure constructed to hold back water and develop a reservoir that will store rainfall and run-off during the rainy season for future use. On February 23, 2022, the NIA R2 under the management of Regional Manager Raymundo B. Apil through the Cagayan-Batanes Irrigation Management Office under the management of Acting Division Manager Minda A. Battung, turned over the Cabayabasan SWIS in a simple ceremony to Barangay Cabayabasan, Lal-lo, Cagayan.

On March 3, 2022, NIA R2 under the leadership of Regional Manager Raymundo B. Apil through the Nueva Vizcaya Irrigation Management Office headed by Division Manager Edison L. Tolentino turned over in a simple ceremony the Calliangan-Balangabang Small Irrigation Project in Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya. It was indeed a great accomplishment for the Nueva Vizcaya IMO and an endowment for the project-recipient, the Kaliangan Balangabang Irrigators Association.