A major project in the basin is aiming to irrigate 25,000 hectares of land for smallholder farming.
A smallholder coffee farmer bends to inspect several bushes which have just caught his attention.
For seven years he worked as a vine planter, irrigation ditch digger, cow puncher, and smallholder in the new Western state.
However, most people in the country, and almost all the poorest, depend on smallholder agriculture for their livelihoods.
Kayonza is a co-operative of 4,000 smallholder growers - 14% of whom are women.
Many of the farmers who suffer losses are smallholder dairy producers.
Milcreek A unique range of compact manure spreaders, especially designed for equestrian and smallholder use.
The average monthly income of a smallholder cocoa farmer in Ghana is less than £ 20.
The disease has a major impact upon smallholder dairy schemes as higher performing exotic animals are highly susceptible.
The voice of the smallholder too often remains unheard.
This is the hallmark of a peasant smallholder from where many design ideas originate.