Section 2January 24, 1991, Sec./Art. 2

The National Irrigation Administration shall undertake a ten-year program for the construction of irrigation projects in the remaining one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) hectares of unirrigated but irrigable lands, whether in the lowlands or in the uplands, including other related project components nationwide. The program shall give priority to areas with social and economic problems, taking into consideration population, area served, project cost and other economic and environmental factors as may be deemed necessary in undertaking the program within the context of the national development plans. The National Irrigation Administration, in consultation with the provincial and municipal development councils, shall determine the areas which shall be given priority.