Bukidnon Irrigation Project

Philippines

The project, which has been given high priority by the Government of the Philippines under its 5-Year (1978-82) Irrigation Development Program, will help make available a dependable water supply for irrigation. Its objectives are to increase agricultural production, promote employment, and improve the incomes and living standards of the rural population. This will be achieved through: (i) provision of irrigation facilities; (ii) soil conservation measures; (iii) rural water supply; (iv) public health services; (v) a schistosomiasis control program,; and (vi) consulting services. The project will involve, inter-alia, construction of two main diversion dams across the Manupali and Muleta rivers, and 3 main systems and access roads to the dam sites.