resident Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that the government is to establish boreholes per village to address the farmers widespread concerns about inadequate water for poultry and livestock as well as other needs of the Parish Development Model (PDM) beneficiaries.

According to President Museveni, water scarcity has been among the challenges raised by most PDM beneficiaries during his nationwide wealth creation tours.

President Yoweri Museveni made the remarks while speaking to journalists from Greater Mukono at State Lodge, Nakasero on Sunday 22nd June 2025, where he laid out decisive government actions to strengthen the PDM initiative.

President Museveni reiterated that PDM is tailored for small-scale farmers (those owning fewer than four acres) to engage in the government-recommended seven high-yielding activities under intensive agriculture, which give quick returns on a small scale. Under the four-acre model, the recommended activities include coffee, fruits, pasture for zero-grazing animals, and food crops for household consumption.

Additionally, the President encouraged beneficiaries to adopt backyard poultry, piggery (for non-Muslims), and fish farming on the edges of wetlands.

The PDM, launched in February 2022, is the governments flagship poverty-alleviation strategy aimed at transforming subsistence households into the money economy.