Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro - To monitor and improve the efficiency of the Institutional Development Program (IDP), NIA MIMAROPA Institutional Development Unit (IDU) conducted its 1st Quarter Supervision, Monitoring, Evaluation and Support (SMES) for IDP Implementation on April 21-23, 2025 at the Training Center, Bayanan 2.

Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro - The NIA MIMAROPA operations and institutional development personnel, together with the Oriental Mindoro Irrigators Associations (IAs), concluded the two-day training on Soil Management, Fertilization and Pest Control held on April 15-16, 2025.

Resource speakers from the DA MIMAROPA Soils Laboratory Mr. Eric M. Elmido and Regional Crop Protection Center (RCPC) Mr. Henry L. Acosta and Mr. Zachary Owen B. Abutan shared various strategies on how to manage soil, tips on the application of fertilizers and how to properly control pests.

Another milestone was achieved in irrigation development within the province of Occidental Mindoro.

With the strong support of NIA MIMAROPA Regional Manager Engr. Ronilio M. Cervantes and the dedicated leadership of Engr. Raymundo L. Calusin, Division Manager of the Occidental Mindoro IMO, four (4) newly completed Communal Irrigation Systems (CISs) were officially turned over on April 10-11, 2025, to organized Irrigators Associations in the Municipalities of Abra de Ilog, Paluan, and Sta. Cruz, Occidental Mindoro.

Buenavista, Marinduque -To bring reliable and eco-friendly irrigation to local farmlands, the NIA Mindoro Oriental-Marinduque-Romblon (MOMARO) Irrigation Management Office (IMO) conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for the Solar Pump Irrigation Project in Yook on April 11, 2025.