FORMER senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. backed the proposal to transfer the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) under the Department of Agriculture (DA) to help farmers improve their crop yields.

He noted that the DA, being the primary agency handling the agriculture sector, has all the pertinent data, programs, equipment and experts.

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