By Perla G. Lena
ILOILO CITY, Feb 16 (PNA) — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) are now working closely for the installation of five automated weather stations (AWS) in Western Visayas.
DOST regional director, Engr. Rowen Gelonga, said that the AWS will be used by DA to monitor weather conditions and use the information for the benefit of farmers, especially rice farmers.
DOST will install the equipment. DA, on the other hand, has shelled out more than P2 million for the project, according to Gelonga.
One AWS will be installed in every province in the region, he added.
Gelonga added that while DA has eyed rice farmers as its users of information, yet the data gathered from the AWS will also be made available to the public through the Project Noah.
He added that the installation of the AWS is an ongoing project. The DA equipment will be part of the project to be implemented this year. (PNA)