FAO, ministry launch solar irrigation project

Vincent Ssempijja, the agriculture minister, said the project will enable farmers in the water-stressed communities to grow crops.

Minister Ssempijja and FAO officials at the project launch in Kalungu district recently. Photo by Davis Buyondo

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, have launched a sh260m solar-powered irrigation project to help smallholder farmers water their crops during

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