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Abstract:
Uganda is blessed with abundant water resources relative to most countries in Africa, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa. The agricultural production in Uganda is over dependent on rain. This conventional rain-fed agricultural production is presently threatened by climatic changes resulting in poor crop and livestock production and productivity and reduces livelihood revenues accruing from the agricultural sector. The objective of the introduced pilot scheme could be to maximize the value of production of unit of water or unit of land' also to mitigate the impacts of climate change on rain-fed agriculture in such particular site as a case study in Uganda. This technical paper is to provide information to enable policy-makers make informed decisions for investment in Water for Production WfP infrastructures in the selected study area of Akwera Site in Otuke District as pilot study case for supplementary irrigation techniques with its management mechanism to be disseminated as references for any irrigation projects and to ensure its sustainability. The Researcher commissioned a comprehensive technical study to undertake the required Capacity Needs Assessment for the Water for Production (WfP) Water for Crops Sub-sector component. These initiatives were targeted to reinforce the water sector to undertake the expected responsibilities for the current efforts to change into irrigated agricultural practices. This applicable prefeasibility study in Otuke District is to introduce such new initiatives for depending on supplementary irrigation practices to change from the current rain-fed agricultural. The decision about water delivery; this can be described as the frequency, rate and duration of water deliveries at all levels of an irrigation system, these issues were taken into consideration in this prefeasibility research work and the proposed scheme's management and related capacity building strategy were also included to ensure its sustainability. The overall policy goal of such pilot projects is sustainable social and economic development, which maintains or enhances the sustainable utilization of water resources, without put at risk or compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Also to introduce affordable (i.e. technical and financial) techniques to be implemented using the current Ministry of Water and Environment MWE in-house resources under the supervision of the Researcher. The Research aims to introduce technical paper that illustrates complete mission and components for the preparation of a new irrigation scheme's design with its management and Operation technique that could assess other water/irrigation researchers for such initiative either for research or consultancy purposes.
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