In Uganda, the total renewable water resources amount to 43.3billion cubic meters per year of which only 13.6 billion cubic meters per year is the internal renewable water resources. The irrigation potential exploited is about 3.6% (14,418 out of 400,000 hectares (FAO 1989)).
Tanzania is endowed with numerous and diverse water resources in the form of rivers, lakes, groundwater aquifers, ponds, reservoirs, and wetlands. Each of these water bodies exhibits unique characteristics and a complex range of water resources management and development issues and challenges.
Over time Rwanda’s water needs and utilisation have increased as intensification in the agricultural and industrial sectors has increased thus raising the water demand. In fact, water scarcity is a major threat for rain-fed agriculture depending on the type of crops grown.
