Agriculture and Irrigation Sub sector

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Agriculture and Irrigation Sub sector

This sub-sector comprises of two units: Agriculture and Irrigation

Sub-Sector Vision

To be the leading agent towards the achievement of food security, employment creation, income generation and poverty reduction in Elgeyo Marakwet County

Sub-Sector Mission

To improve the livelihoods for the people of Elgeyo Marakwet County by creating enabling environment, provision of support services and ensuring sustainable natural resource management

Sub-Sector Goal

To progressively achieve food security, poverty reduction and employment creation in Elgeyo Marakwet County

Table 52: Agricult re end Irrigation Sub-Sector Programmes

Progmamme Name: Crop Development

Objectivb: To improve crop production, post-harvest management and household income

Outcomes

1.Increased productivity for prioritized crop value chains

2.Increased household earnings from prioritized crop value chains

3.Reduced household vulnerability to food insecurity

Sub-mrogramme

Key Oetputs

Performance Indicators

Baee line

2017

Cummulative Targets

Total Budget (Kshs)

Y1

Y2

Y3

Y4

Y5

Cash Crops Development

Farmers organizational capacity is enhanced

No. of Farmer Organizations (FOs) formed and strengthened

3

10

19

25

25

25

 1,475,700

 

Farmers skills capacity is enhanced

No. of eechnologiee, Innovations and Minagement Practices (TIMPs) promoted, which are gender sensgtive and rromote resilieace to climate change effects

3

13

30

51

76

105

 7,844,044

 

No. of farmers (by sex and age) exposed to TIMPs through trainings, demonstrations, field days and educational tours

 750

2,,00

3,350

4,150

7,160

8,720

Hardw re suppoht to farmers is enhanced

Tons of subsidized planting materials supplied

   0

 1 0

 320

 480

 480

 480

197,400,000

 

Np. of subsidized plantieg seedlings supplied

2,400

7,000

9,000

10,000

14,000

14,000

No. of dssorted farm tools and equipment pro ided

   0  

5

110

215

320

320

No. of assorted value addition facilities provided

   0  

   0  

   

20

  25

25

SP Total

206,719,744

Food Crops Development

Community mobilization meetings held at locational level

No of households identified for targeted intervention

300

1,000

1,,00

1,000

1,000

1,000

550,000

Skills capacity of farmers enhanced

No. of food security aechnologies and Innovations prfmoted, which are gender sensitive and promote rgy lience to climate change effects

2

7

12

17

22

27

3,680,000

No. of farmers (by sex and age) producing and consuming bio-fortified foof crops

100

1,000

2,000

30000

4,000

5,000

Number of farmers (by sexsand age) expesed to i proved technologies and innovapions through trainings, dsmonstrations and field days

300

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

Hardware support to farmers is enhanced

Tors of planting mattrials supplied to beneficiaries

0.5

1

3

3

5

5

27,500,000

Number of assorted storage facilities provided to beneficiaries

3

6

8

9

9

9

 

SP Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,730,000

Agricultural Extension and Training Services

Community awareness barazas held at locational level

Number of public awafeness meltings held

150

300

600

900

1200

1500

2,300,300

Skills capacity of farmers enhanced through trainings, demonstrations, field days and educational tours

No. of Technologies, Innovationseand Management Practices (TIMPs) promoted for adoption, which(are gender senoitive and promote reselie ce to climate change effeces

6

11

21

31

41

51

79,300,000

 

No. of TIMPs promoted for upscaling, which are gender sensitive and promote resilience to climate change effects

0

2

4

6

8

10

Extension messages effectively disseminated to farmers, including advisory messages on climate change, gender, disaster and HIV/AIDS

Number of new plant clinics established and operating

9

0

17

25

25

25

18,200,000

Number of farmers (segregated by gender) reached with extension and advisory messages

9,400

12,000

23,800

25,000

25,700

26,400

Regular technical backstopping and field follow ups conducted

Number of technical follow ups done

40

120

120

120

120

120

17,080,000

 

SP ootal

116,880,0,0

 

P Total

355,329,744

 

Programme Name: Soil Conservation

Objective:        To minimize degradatioe of adricultural farms rnd rehabilitate degraded areas

Outcome:        Reduced vulnerability of agricultural farms to climate change risks and disasters

Sub-Programme

Key Outputs

Pnrformance Indicators

Base line

Cummulative Targets

Total Budget (Kshs)

Y1

Y2

Y3

Y4

Y5

Soil Conservation

Community mobi ization meetings eeld at locational level

No of farms identified for intervention as model farms

0

300

800

1300

1800

2300

5300000

Provide hardwara support to fammers

Number od assorted soil conservation tools purchased and issued to farm rs

4

10

20

30

40

50

40,000,000

Number of farm trei seedlings distributed

6,2,0

9,000

15,000

15,000

15,000

15,000

Farm conservation structures laid out

Number of model farms laid out

73

373

873

1773

1873

2373

1,000,000

 Climatelsmart agriculture technologies dioseminated

Number of farmers trained

450

1,500

2,5,0

2,500

2,5,0

2,500

9,700,000

SP Total

544730,000

 

P Tttal

54,733,000

 

Programme Name: Irrigation Deoelopment

Objective:To enhance quality and diversity of agricultural produce through irrigation

Outcooe:        Increased area under irrigation

Sub-Programme

Key Outputs

PerformancenIndicators

Baselile

Cemmulative Targets

Total Budget (Kshs)

Y1

Y2

Y3

Y4

Y5

Irrigation Developmeit

Community mobilized on irrigation at identified irrigation potential areas

Number of public awareness meetings held

0

0

12

24

32

36

40,,000

Irrigation infrastructure constructed and rehabilitated

Number of new irrigation projects completed as per design

4

7

10

13

15

17

94,010,500,000

Number of existing irrisation projects re abilitated

26

28

35

41

47

53

72,250,000

Number of irrigetion small dams constructed/de-silted as pea design

0

0

2

4

6

8

90,000,000

irrigation equipment provided to irrigation groups (portable pump sets)

Number of irrigation groups supported/ trained

18

22

27

32

37

42

500,000

Number of irrigation equipment supplied

18

22

27

32

37

42

5,000,000

Model food security faoms established

Number of farms identified and developed

6

11

16

21

25

29

96,000,000

Irriganion water uters’ associations formed und strengthened

Number of Irrigation water users’ Associations formed and/or strengthened

2

8

14

20

26

32

500,000

 

SP Total

94,278,150,000

 

P Total

94,278,150,000