Bukhabusi Irrigation Development and Watershed Management Project

This project, located in Bukhabusi Village, Manafwa District, Eastern Uganda was identified under the Sio-Malaba-Malakisi River Basin Project. Project interventions include construction of two water intake on the tributaries of the Manafwa River at coordinate 647912 N, 109492 E, laying 17.8 km of pipeline for water conveyance; and development of an irrigation command area of 2,531 ha benefiting 6,200 people. The project will also implement watershed management measures to restore degraded catchments upstream of the irrigation scheme and reduce sediment loading to the scheme.

This project, located in Bukhabusi Village, Manafwa District, Eastern Uganda was identified under the Sio-Malaba-Malakisi River Basin Project. Project interventions include construction of two water intake on the tributaries of the Manafwa River at coordinate 647912 N, 109492 E, laying 17.8 km of pipeline for water conveyance; and development of an irrigation command area of 2,531 ha benefiting 6,200 people. The project will also implement watershed management measures to restore degraded catchments upstream of the irrigation scheme and reduce sediment loading to the scheme.