DA and NIA merger

MANILA – Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Tuesday lauded the move of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s move to revert the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) supervision to the Office of the President (OP). “Under normal circumstances, NIA should be under the DA. However, given the urgent need to irrigate over a million hectares of land to boost … [Read more...] about DA chief: NIA’s transfer to OP ‘strategic, possibly game-changing’