Design and fabrication of a scaled down wheel line sprinkler irrigation system :

Abstract

Uganda being a predominantly an agriculturally based economy, the major source of occupation is agriculture. According to the United Nation’s (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Uganda’s fertile agricultural land has the potential to feed 200 million people. 8% of Uganda’s land is arable but only 35% is being cultivated. In financial year 2021/22, agriculture accounted for about 24.1% of GDP, and 33% of export earnings (Uganda-Country Commercial Guide agricultural sector, 2022). The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS,2022) estimates that about 70% of Uganda’s working population is employed in agriculture.