The Department of Agriculture, Irrigation, Food, Livestock and Fisheries drives the county’s agenda for food security, agricultural productivity, and sustainable livelihoods. It plays a central role in improving crop production, promoting agribusiness, and enhancing resilience through climate-smart agricultural practices.
The department is responsible for implementing programs that support farmers with extension services, access to inputs, value addition, and market linkages. It also oversees irrigation development to ensure reliable water supply for crop and livestock production, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas.
In addition, the department manages livestock development, veterinary services, and fisheries to improve animal health, enhance productivity, and promote fish farming as a key source of income and nutrition.
Through research, innovation, and partnerships, the department seeks to transform agriculture into a modern, competitive, and commercially viable sector that ensures food security and economic growth for county residents.
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| Goal | Sector Priorities | Strategies |
| Food and nutrition Security | Social enterprise development | - Extension, input and subsidy support services
- Process based designated staffing
- Promote people handling and on farm trading
- Mechanization support
- Formulate fit for purpose policies and regulations
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| Commercial system development | - Extension, input and subsidy support services
- Process based designated staffing
- Promote agricultural mechanization programs. and technology innovation management practices
- Formulate fit for purpose policies and regulations
- Program based anchor value chains: Dairy, avocado, aquaculture, poultry and fruits
- Development of aggregation, storage, transportation and off take systems
- Quality control and standards
- Systems for licensing of secondary and value chain players
- Establishment of nuclear firms and out-grower systems
- Promote irrigated agricultural production
- Promotion of youth and women Enterprise in Agriculture
- Promote sustainable management of natural agricultural resources (soil, water, riparian zones).
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| Agri-industrial System Development | - Establishment of the Agri-industrial zones
- Identification of anchor processor firms
- Establishment of PPP arrangement and support systems
- Expert staffing aligned to anchor commodity and industry
- Promote climate change resilience practices in the value chains
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| Increase Sustainable Livelihood Incomes | Market Systems Development | - Improve aggregation of agricultural produce
- Establishment of end-market for agricultural produce
- Establishment of value chain hubs in various municipalities: Yala for dairy, Ugunja for avocado, Ukwala for groundnuts, Madiany for cotton, Bondo for fish value chain.
- Policies and regulation to promote centralized and joint Marketing
- Strengthen producer- consumer linkages
- Enhance access to market information
- Support youth and women in agribusiness
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| Agri-Business Development Systems | - Strengthening of producer organization: building capacity for corporate governance, business organization, access to credit and market linkage.
- Strengthen the existing SMEs to become off-takers
- Promote the establishment and development of Youth and Women owned MSMEs in various nodes in various value chains.
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