NIA chief Guillen urged Filipino farmers to switch to high-yielding varieties. — Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA: The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is keeping a close watch on the rice fields of Central Luzon, the country’s rice granary, in anticipation of a decrease in production due to the effects of the prolonged drought this year, the agency’s administrator says.
In a television interview, NIA administrator Eduardo Guillen said they were projecting El Niño to affect 20% of the country’s rice farms, mainly due to an expected shortage of water for irrigation in Central Luzon.
Uh-oh! Daily quota reached.
![](https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/trial-img.webp)