{The Japanese government has launched a project of digging a 14.9 meter-high dam which is expected to provide water for irrigating 300 hectares in Rugenge and Remera sectors, Ngoma district.}
The project to cost Rwf 9.5 billion will facilitate farmers, through irrigation, to increase production in both marshlands and upland farming.
Irrigation will be carried out on 265hactares of upland farms growing, mainly, fruits and vegetables while 35 hectares in marshland will be for rice growing.
The Minister of state for agriculture, Tony Nsanganira, who visted the site yesterday, said that the project will boost agricultural productivity especially fruits and vegetables.
A representative of the Japanese embassy in Rwanda, Tomio Sakamoto, said that the project is one among projects his country is supporting in addition to education and technology.
Ngoma Irrigation Project has two main components; the Irrigation infrastructure that includes the dam whose height measures to 14.9m with a capacity of 960,000m3 plus 3 regulation tanks, two irrigation canals with the main having 28km and the second with 27 km.
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