AboutWizara ya Kilimo (Ministry of Agriculture)
Our Vision
The vision of the Ministry of Agriculture Client Service charter is stipulated in the following statement:
Nucleus for providing policy guidance and services to a modernized, commercialized, competitive and effective agriculture and cooperative systems by 2025
Our Mission
To deliver quality agricultural and cooperative services, provide conducive environment to stakeholders, build capacity of local Government Authorities and facilitate the private sector to contribute effectively to sustainable agricultural production, productivity and cooperative development, The MoA will this by:
- Formulating, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating the implementation of relevant policies in the agricultural sector and monitoring crop regulating institution;
- Collaboration with the private sector, local government and other service providers to provide relevant technical service in research, extension, irrigation, plant protection, crop promotion, land use, mechanization, agricultural inputs, information services and cooperative development;
- Undertaking crop monitoring and early warning, maintaining strategic food reserves and promoting appropriate post harvest technologies, and
- Encouraging, undertaking and coordinating research and development and training.
MoA Objectives
In order to fulfill the mission, MoA should achieve the following:
- To increase Productivity and Crop Production;
- To facilitate Marketing for Agricultural Products;
- To facilitate value addition in Agricultural Products;
- To facilitate and Empower Cooperative Unions and Civil Institutions in Agriculture and other Economic Sectors;
- To Improve the System in Collection, Storage, Analysis and Dissemination of Statistics;
- To manage Policy , Laws and Strategies in Agriculture;
- To Improve procedures in Agriculture Sector;
- To Create , Improve and Manage Irrigation Infrastructures,
- To Improve the Ministry’s Capacity in Service Provision ; and
- To Consider Crosscutting Issues in Agriculture.