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Friday, May 12, 2017
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KALIBO, Aklan – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan considers imposing a moratorium on the conversion of lands, especially irrigated farms.
Government must “strictly protect irrigated farms,” according to Provincial Board member Emmanuel Soviet Russia Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz clarified that he was in favor of converting nonirrigated lands into commercial centers.
But irrigated farms must be protected from arbitrary conversion to help ensure food security, the Board member said.
The Department of Science and Technology has recently flown a drone over agricultural areas in Aklan.
“The drone has a scanner in it that will accurately collect data on the biodiversity of our agricultural lands,” said Dela Cruz.
“It will provide information on types of soil, which we may use to determine what to plant in a particular area,” he said.
The Science department has not yet provided the province the result of the scanning.
“Once we get a hold of the result, we will study if there is a need to impose a moratorium on the conversion of agricultural lands into commercial ones,” said Dela Cruz. (With PNA)
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