Why do we treat water as our enemy? For decades, the country has prioritized walls and channels to block floods, neglecting the fact that water is our most powerful ally, especially for food security. Instead of making water work for us, we have spent billions trying to make it go away. The Philippines receives one of the highest annual rainfalls in the world at about 2,348 millimeters. Yet farmers still struggle with water. Only 2.15 million hectares of irrigable land are currently supported by irrigation systems, compared with a potential of 3.1 million hectares. That gap means agriculture still lurches […]... Keep on reading: Defense to offense: Switch focus from flood control to irrigation