KAMPALA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The construction of a multi-million U.S. dollar agri-industrial park in the central Ugandan district of Luweero was launched on Tuesday.
The project is funded by Chinese investors under cooperation between governments of China and Uganda.
A ceremony was held to mark the start of work on it, attended by President Yoweri Museveni, Vice President Edward Ssekandi, government officials and the investors.
President Museveni said the agri-industrial park, some 50 km north of the capital Kampala, would promote production and increase earnings of farmers.
He said the government had started building several industrial parks, which he said were critical in transforming the economy.
Chinese investors said the park would focus on crop cultivation and processing of farm produce, poultry and livestock, to meet the "domestic and regional demands".
It will create 25,000 jobs and provide training for the local people, they said.
Before the ceremony, the Chinese investors and the Ugandan government signed a memorandum of understanding on promoting agricultural production through the project.