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9.0 PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS
9.1 Overview
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries supports agricultural and economic development through
implementation of various initiatives. The initiatives are designed in form of projects and programmes that are
financed and implemented by GoK or in collaboration with Development Partners. Some fall under the mandate of
one State Department while others cut across the State Departments and the agriculture sector. The projects and
programmes objectives spin around achievement of food security, increasing agricultural productivity, employment
creation, income generation and, poverty reduction.
There are many Projects and Programmes in the Ministry and this section capture major ones. Administration of
these initiatives is at a national level and Development Partners channel financial support via the National Treasury.
9.2 State Department of Agriculture Programmes and Projects
State Department of Agriculture, projects and programmes are coordinated through Agricultural Projects Coordination
Unit (APCU). The major Programmes and Projects are summarized below indicating their scope, status and cost:
Table 9.1: State Department of Agriculture Projects and Programmes
S/No Name Scope Objective Period and Status Cost/ source of
Funds
1 Agricultural Sector
Development
Support
Programme
(ASDSP)
National-
47Counties
To increase equitable
income, employment
and improve food
security of male and
female target groups
through improved
production and
productivity in the rural
smallholder farm and
off farm sectors
2012 to 2017
ongoing and on
schedule
GoK/ SIDA,
KES 5.087 Billion
from SIDA and KES
1 Billion from
GoK, total KES
6.087Billion
2 Kenya Agricultural
Productivity
Project and
Agribusiness
Project (KAPAP)
20 Counties To increase agricultural
productivity
and incomes of
participating
smallholder farmers
2008 to 2015
ongoing and on
schedule
GoK/ World Bank
Total cost
USD 67 Million (KES
6 Billion) out of IDA
Credit
3 Kenya Agricultural
Productivity and
Sustainable Land
Management
Project (KAPSLM)
9 Counties To facilitate agricultural
producers and other
natural resource
users to adopt
environmentally-sound
land management
practices without
reducing their incomes.
2010 to 2015
ongoing and on
schedule
USD 10M GEF Grant
through the World
Bank
4 Kenya Adaptation
to Climate Change
in Arid and
Semi-Arid Lands
(KACCAL)
4 Counties
in ASALs
To enhance the
resilience of
communities and the
sustainability of rural
livelihoods threatened
by climate change in
the ASALs
2012 to 2016
Project is new
launched in 2014.
USD 5.5M GEF Grant
through the World
Bank
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