Assisting Small-Scale Irrigation and Value Addition in Kenya - UTF/KEN/083/KEN

Assisting Small-Scale Irrigation and Value Addition in Kenya - UTF/KEN/083/KEN

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

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Synopsis (short abstract) The agriculture sector is Kenya is critical to the national economy and has been identified as a priority area in national strategy and policies contributing to improving food security and nutrition. In line with Kenya Vision 2030, the government has launched a strategy to transform smallholder agriculture from its subsistence status into a modern, sustainable, commercially oriented and competitive sector. In support of this strategy, “The Kenya Small scale Irrigation and Value Addition Project KSIVAP”, aimed to enhance smallholders’ agricultural competitiveness, and improve food and nutrition security in eleven counties. The project required robust institutional, organizational and technical capacity at national and county levels to effectively deliver on its mandate and functions. Following the devolution of agriculture in 2010, however, the extension service presented critical capacity gaps in the provision of technical support for the commercialization of smallholder agriculture. A Technical Assistance (TA) project was therefore designed to provide technical support and to assist in the capacity building and performance development of national and county coordination units in the sector.

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