Demonstration. President Museveni sets a plastic bottle for drip irrigation at the Presidential Demonstration Farm in Kityerera Sub-county, Mayuge District. |
Mr Museveni who was
addressing a rally in Mayuge District on Tuesday, blamed farmers for
not irrigating the seedlings. "Unfortunately, I am told that around 40
per cent of the coffee seedlings have dried up because the beneficiaries
didnot water them. This is terrible carelessness."
Mr Museveni said drip irrigation is the solution to the persistent drought ravaging some parts of the country.
The President, who
is on a commercial agriculture sensitisation campaign in Busoga
sub-region also told people to stop land fragmentation and polygamy.
"You can improvise
with drip irrigation. It has worked excellently for people with small
land acreage. All you need to do is put water in small bottles which you
will use for irrigation and you will forget about droughts which people
think it is a problem." he told a rally in Mayuge District on Tuesday.
President Museveni
also told local and political leaders in the sub-region at the new
Kityerela State Lodge in Mayuge District to sensitise the people against
land fragmentation, which he said threatens food security among
agriculture dependent communities.
"Land fragmentation
is a big problem. If not well addressed, it is the source of poverty.
Here at Kityerera village, I am committed to ensure that all the 4,000
homesteads are liberated from poverty", the President said.
The President added
that with increased agricultural production and raised homestead
income, government will have less financial pressure and will be able to
concentrate on infrastructural development projects such as roads and
electricity. He said after restoring security in the country, he now
wants to concentrate on helping people increase their household income
through promotion of modern agriculture.
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