Smallholder coffee irrigation established Written by Ernest Jjingo
More than 50 smallholder coffee irrigation systems are expected to be established in a few weeks’ time when government extends the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) to eight pilot districts.
They include Bukwo, Bunyangabu, Hoima, Kabarole, Kasanda, Kikuube, Kiryandongo and Masindi. Eng Dennis Tumusiime, an ACDP water engineer, revealed this during an awareness creation workshop for district local government leaders.
He said the biggest beneficiaries from this support will be farmers who own three-to-five-acre coffee gardens. Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), is rolling out the