The PDM is a government strategy aimed at eradicating poverty and fostering socio-economic transformation in Uganda by focusing on the parish as the lowest administrative and operational hub for planning and development. It is designed to deliver inclusive and sustainable development by addressing issues of production, financial inclusion, and service delivery at the grassroots level.
President Museveni has always emphasized wealth creation during his Parish Development Model tours by using the four-acre model, in which one acre is used for growing high-value crops like coffee, another for food for domestic use, a third acre for growing fruits, and a fourth acre for growing pasture for dairy cattle, then in the backyard a farmer rears poultry, piggery, and fish farming for those near the swamps.