system ensures sustained supply of water in areas where production of crops are limiting. Trough this system, new inrigated area has been generated for intensives and diversified WHO ARE THE IMPLEMENTORS OF WIND PUMP IRRIGATION SYSTEM? ‘The Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Bureau of Soil and Water Management (BSWM) and DA-Regional Field Office (DA- EOS) implement the Wind Pump Irrigation Projets. ‘The implementation of the Wind Pump Inrgation System includes new construction and improvement and rehabilitation of existing systems. The objective of the project aims to ‘generate areas for intensive agricultural production. Generally, SIPs will contribute to the atainment of ‘+Food sufficiency and security: ‘+ Increase farmenrs income; and ‘+ Increase the sector's resilience to climate change [BSWM Customer Center ‘SRDC Bldg. Elliptical Road, corner Visayas Ave, ‘itiman, Quezon Cay 1100, bbswmellenteenter yahoo.com FB Page CtheBSWa -ntps:/ wor laeshookssomm/theBSWM/ ‘Tel # (63-2) 392-9594 oo WIND PUMP IRRIGATION SYSTEMWHAT IS A WIND PUMP? Wind Pump isa device that eonverts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy to pump water through windmill, 9 obtain the Following; source of fresh water from wells; and + For draining low-lying areas of land Wind pump is one of the three forms of altemative prime movers for small-scale inrigation project which is powered by a renewable energy source. WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF WIND PUMP ? Wind Rotor — Converts the kinetic energ the wind to mechanical power. Gear Box — Converts the rotary motion into reciprocating strokes carried downward through a red to the pump cylinder below: Directional Tail Vane — Makes the rotor to perpendicularly face the incoming wit Tower — Tall structure used to elevate the rotor to the desired elevation to obtain the wind speed necessary for pumping water. Reservoie’Tank — Container used for storing water Water Pump — Devise used to lift water from the source at a decide rate and head. Water Source — water fiom artesian wells, streams, rivers or lakes, that draw up by the water pump at desired height, PARTS OF A WIND PUMP WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF WIND PUMP IRRIGATION SYSTEM? We are aware of the diminishing strata of our world supply of fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas, in so doing, we also lear that there are renewable energies that we can get from wind, sun ‘or water sources, The specified renewable fenergies are clean resources that can produce clecricity andor generate power which we can use in farms that provides mechanical power which makes work easier, increases farm yields and helps in the decreasing carbon dioxide emission which will abate the effect of the global warming in future time. WHAT ARE THE CONSIDERATION FOR INSTALLING WIND PUMP. IRRIGATION SYSTEM? Wind pump sufficient wi prioritizes areas with speed, preferably flat terrain with an adequate water source and no obstuction of wind flow. Wind pump inrigation system have standard criteria for possible beneficiaries who can avail fom it WHO CAN AVAIL FROM IT? +The priority are rin-fed with dependable und with developed water + Qualified beneficiaries/proponent must be at least 3 farmers with minimum 3.0 ha inrigable area; and + National and Regional Research Centres and State Universities and Colleges (suc), WHAT IS THE ROLE OF WIND PUMP IN IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT? Aside from hamessing wind as energy source, ‘wind pump irrigation system is one of the ‘Small-Scale Irrigation System (SSIS) being implemented by the DA thru its HVCDP. The