COMMISSION FOR AGRICULTURE & ORS

AGRICULTURE

About Us

The Commission comprises of different sectors which include:

Veterinary Unit

  • Provide quality veterinary service to breeders in order to ensure healthy and disease-free livestock
  • Control importation and exportation of live animals

Ruminant Production Unit

  • Promote ruminant livestock production in a view to increase productivity and revenue of farmer
  •  Produce breeding stock for sale to farmers

Non- Ruminant Production Unit

  • Promote pigs and poultry production in a view to increase productivity and revenue of farmer
  • Produce breeding stock for sale to farmers
  • Enhance and sustainable honey production development

Infrastructure & Transport Unit

  • Survey agricultural state land in respect of the issue of Agricultural Permits
  • Manage and monitor the use of agricultural state land
  • Collect and distribute irrigation water to main agricultural clusters
  • Provision of heavy agricultural machinery services

Staple Crop Production Unit

  • Advise planters on agro-eco crop production and Organic Production
  •  Planning and provision of mechanisation services to planters
  • Promote staple crops, coffee and bean production and advice on good agricultural practices

Seed and Seedlings Production Unit

  • Produce viable crops seeds and good quality fruit and ornamental seedlings
  • Experiment, advise and share information in the field of Hydroponics and Organic Vegetable Production

Plant Health and PPO Unit

  • Produce viable vegetable seeds
  • Advise planters involved in sheltered farming and hydroponics and Organic Vegetable Production
  • Promote integrated management of pest of economic importance

CONTACT DETAILS

Commission for Agriculture