Japanese Government to Support Irrigation in Uganda
The Japanese Ambassador to Uganda, Mr Kazuaki Kameda, has pledged his government's support towards promoting irrigation in the country in order to enable Uganda produce adequate food.
While commissioning piped water system at Mushumba Primary School in Ryeru Sub-county last week, Mr Kameda said the Japanese government will encourage people to adopt irrigation as way of improving agriculture.
"Recently, President Museveni was showing people how to adopt irrigation and as Japanese embassy, we are willing to support the government of Uganda in ensuring that local farmers can adopt irrigation schemes so as to avoid being hit by drought due to climate change," Mr Kameda said adding that "We will do this through capacity building. We shall educate people not to just receive infrastructure such as this water system only but rather utilise it for their development."
Phil Handley
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