Water for Production (WfP) is a department in Ministry of Water and Environment with a major objective of promoting development of cost-effective and sustainable water supply and water management for increased production and contribution to the modernization of the agricultural sector in Uganda with a focus on poverty reduction and minimal environmental impacts through:

• Bulk water transfer from areas of plenty to areas of scarcity.
• Promoting water resources assessment and planning for agricultural production.
• Increasing the capacity of the farmers to access and use of water for crop, livestock and fisheries production.
• Promoting appropriate water harvesting technologies for irrigation and livestock development.
• Promoting the participation of the farmers and the private sector in financing and planning, development and management of irrigation and livestock water supply systems.
• Provision of technical support to Line Ministries and Local Government.

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A river diversion structure (background) and main canal taking water to farmland.

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An onion field under irrigation

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 Earth dam constructed by the Ministry

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Egg plants under drip irrigation on a demonstration plot. Water was obtained from a dam.

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Cattle drinking from a trough at one of the Ministry's valley tanks