The project has already received over 800 kilometres of line pipes at the Nzega Coating Yard Plant in Tanzania, and pipeline welding activities are ongoing in both Uganda and Tanzania.
The facility, constructed by the Agency for Accelerated Regional Development (AFARD) in collaboration with AWO International, is part of a three-year project, the Climatic Agricultural Model (CAM). The project supports cooperative members in cassava farming, environmental conservation, health promotion, and savings.
The appetite for borrowing is increasing at a time that international low interest and concessional loans are dwindling, meaning the countries have to pay heavily in servicing the debts.
