JICA's assistance is a loan of $60.2 million (6.18 billion yen) for the National Irrigation Sector Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (NISRIP) administered by the National Irrigation Administration. The project seeks to restore some 11,501 hectares and rehabilitate 24,169 hectares of agricultural lands. It seeks to improve the living standards of 22,563 Filipino farmers in 10 provinces. JICA is an independent governmental agency that coordinates official development assistance for the Japanese government.

NISRIP is expected to increase the yield of rice farmers by at least one ton per hectare. The project, covering 154 irrigators' associations, around the country, focuses on the rehabilitation and improvement of irrigation facilities, and supports institutional development and capacity building of farmers. It includes participatory farm demonstrators, seed production, training of irrigators' association members, and provision of agricultural machineries.

The project covers 11 irrigation facilities in 10 provinces that, once rehabilitated and improved will allow farmers to harvest twice a year. The 11 irrigation systems covered by the project are: Malatgao river irrigation system (RIS) in Palawan, Madongan and Solsona RIS (Ilocos Norte), San Fabian RIS (Pangasinan), Porac-Gumain RIS (Pampanga), Dumacaa RIS (Quezon), Sta. Barbara RIS (Iloilo), Muleta RIS (Bukidnon), Mal RIS (Davao del Sur), Lambayong RIS (Maguindanao-Sultan Kudarat), and Simulao RIS (Agusan del Sur)