{"id":954,"date":"2024-07-19T08:36:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8012\/abifinance\/?p=954"},"modified":"2024-11-18T20:30:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T20:30:21","slug":"irrigation-investment-and-market-analysis-study-report-july-18-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abi.co.ug\/development\/irrigation-investment-and-market-analysis-study-report-july-18-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Irrigation Investment and Market Analysis Study Report (July 18 2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"954\" class=\"elementor elementor-954\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bdd441 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2bdd441\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3ebbb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3ebbb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The agricultural sector in Uganda faces increasing incidence of prolonged drought and unreliable rainfall attributed to climate change resulting into decline in agricultural productivity and household incomes.<\/p><p>However, Uganda has an irrigation potential estimated at about 3,030,000 ha with only less than 1% currently exploited by less than 1% of agricultural households. In addition, access to water for livestock at present is estimated at 48.8%. Lessons learned from the past 8 years indicate increasing importance of irrigation as one of the key factors for increasing roductivity, incomes and competitiveness of agribusinesses in both domestic and international markets.<\/p><p>Evidence shows that irrigation can increase yields of coffee, vegetables and fruits by 2 to 4 fold stabilize and increase production and enhance product quality. It is against this background that a study was carried out to identify priority areas for enhancing private-sector investment and adoption of irrigation technologies by SMEs and small scale farmers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51da092 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"51da092\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76be446 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76be446\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/abi.co.ug\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Irrigation-Investment-and-Market-Analysis-Study-MAIN-REPORT-FINAL-July-18-2018.pdf\">Download Report<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The agricultural sector in Uganda faces increasing incidence of prolonged drought and unreliable rainfall attributed to climate change resulting into decline in agricultural productivity and household incomes. However, Uganda has an irrigation potential estimated at about 3,030,000 ha with only less than 1% currently exploited by less than 1% of agricultural households. 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