Agriculture Department
The Agriculture Department in the District shall:
- participate in provision of extension
services in the areas of natural resources management, and rural
infrastructural and small scale irrigation in the district;
- assist in the formulation and
implementation of agricultural policy for the District Assembly within
the framework of national policies;
- submit report on the implementation of policies and programmes to the District Assembly;
- advise the District Assembly on matters related to agricultural development in the district;
- promote extension services to farmers;
- assist and participate in on-farm adaptive research;
- lead the collection of data for analysis on cost effective farming enterprises;
- participate in the education and enforcement of legislation on fisheries;
- promote the formation of viable fishermen association and assist in fish farming;
- promote soil and water conservation measures by the appropriate agricultural technology;
- disseminate and adopt improved soil and water conservation methods;
- promote agro-forestry development to reduce the incidence of bush fires;
- promote an efficient and integrated water management;
- assist and facilitate sustained pasture and forage production and act as out grower to farmers;
- assist development of animal health services infrastructure;
- facilitate the development, operation and maintenance of livestock water supplies;
- assist in developing forage production, ranges and farmlands;
- encourage improvement in livestock breeds;
- assist in developing early warning systems on animals diseases;
- facilitate and encourage vaccination and immunization of livestock and control of animal diseases;
- advise and encourage crop development through nursery propagation;
- assist in the development, rehabilitation and maintenance of small scale irrigation schemes;
- facilitate the assessment of the economic, financial and environmental viability of providing canals;
- assist the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of fish landing sites;
- promote agro-processing and storage;
- facilitate the development of programmes and the establishment of close linkage between the various sub-sectors in the district;
- supervise the agricultural extension staff in the field;
- co-ordinate the systematic and regular training of frontline staff;
- monitor and evaluate projects;
- promote investment in agriculture by assisting to identify and prepare pre-feasibility reports;
- develop proposal writing capacity at the district level;
- facilitate capacity building at the district level through training, workshops and other related activities; and
- assist to supervise projects planned, designed and implement centrally.