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April, 2017
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
April, 2017
Kenya Youth Agribusiness Strategy 2017 - 2021
Positioning the youth at the forefront of Agricultural Growth and Transformation
Copyright © 2017, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries, Council of Governers
FOREWORD
In Kenya youth unemployment is higher than the overall national unemployment
rate. While the latter is around 10% it goes as high as 35% for youth, depending
on the age group. According to the UNDP study, 80% of the currently 2.3 million
unemployed are young people between 15 and 34 years (World Bank, 2014).
The Ministry has developed the Kenya Youth Agribusiness Strategy to address
challenges that hinder youth from participating effectively in the sector. The
Strategy is aimed at providing new opportunities for youth in agriculture and its
value chains. The impact of youth engagement in agriculture will be evident in
sustainable economic growth and in the reduction of poverty and malnutrition.
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The Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries (MoALF) reaffirms its
commitment to creating a conducive environment for the realization of the youth
engagement in Agricultural development initiatives. Their potential to contribute
to the sector and indeed to the overall economic development is significant. I
therefore, urge all stakeholders to play their respective roles in ensuring that this
strategy is successfully implemented.
Willy Bett,
Cabinet Secretary,
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries
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PREFACE
The MoALF in consultation with the County Governments and development
partners have developed the Strategy with a view to increasing meaning and
sustainable youth participation in the agricultural sector. This will ensure optimal
utilization of their potential in contributing to the sector goals of achieving food
and nutrition security, income generation, employment and wealth creation in
the country.
The Ministry observes that youth matters in the agricultural sector development
are not addressed in the National Youth Policy (NYP 2006), hence the need for the
development of this strategy and recommendation of the review of the NYP. This
gap was further recognized under the Agricultural Sector Development Strategy
(ASDS, 2010 – 2020), which saw the need to establish Agricultural sector specific
youth policy to address among others the drudgery nature of agricultural work,
attitude change by youth towards agriculture and creation of relevant linkages.
Furthermore, the strategy acknowledges that there are numerous opportunities for
achieving meaningful and sustainable participation of youth in the agricultural
sector by working closely with the County Governments given that most of them
have County Integrated Development Plans that aims to address the same issues
as this Strategy.
The strategy has identified strategic issues which include: Negative perception
to agricultural activities; Large population of youth have inadequate skills,
knowledge and information; Limited participation of youth in agricultural
Innovations, Research, technology development and utilization; Limited access
to land for agribusiness; Limited access to financial Services; Limited access to
market information, inadequate market infrastructure and entrepreneurial skills;
Inadequate policies to support youth in agri-preneurship; Negative impacts of
climate change and weak environmental governance; Low levels of value addition;
Limited access to market information, inadequate market infrastructure and
entrepreneurial skills; Inadequate policies to support youth in agri-preneurship;
Negative impacts of climate change and weak environmental governance; and
Cross cutting challenges.
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The strategy has also identified appropriate objectives and activities to address the
strategic issues. Furthermore, the implementation framework which gives the cost,
timelines, outputs, indicators and responsible institutions has been developed.
The Ministry therefore commits to support the implementation of this Strategy and
call upon all the relevant stakeholders including but not limited to the Ministry of
Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs, County Governments, and other non-
state agencies / organisations among others to engage in this process.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries wishes to acknowledge
the technical experts whose tireless efforts have made the development of this
strategy a reality. Much appreciation goes to National Government for both
financial, human resource, County Governments for their consistent, invaluable
input and active participation, Agriculture Rural Development groups for their
consistent, invaluable input, active participation and funding, Young Professionals
for Agricultural Development (YPARD) for their critical scrutiny of the document.
We are grateful to all that contributed in one way or another in the development
of this strategy that may not have been mentioned here. Kindly take this
acknowledgement as an expression of sincere gratitude.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Youth account for 35.4% of Kenya’s population (World Bank 2014), with
1,000,000 entering the labour market annually (Kenya Country Report on Youth
Employment, 2014). They offer a dynamic work force that is innovative; have
a high uptake of technological know-how and the ability to take on significant
levels of risk. The Agriculture sector presents a huge opportunity for the creation
of employment to absorb the youth and ensure achievement of food security for
future generations.
However, the sector is yet to fully exploit the potential of the youth and it remains
largely unattractive. The situation is exacerbated by perception of agriculture as
a career of last resort, one of drudgery and low monetary benefits. Information
on access to markets, factors of production including land and financing remain
extremely limited hindering adequate engagement of the youth in agriculture.
Majority of those engaged in agricultural activities are aged between 50 and
65 years and still predominantly practise traditional and subsistence farming
practices. The decreasing number of young people involved in farming as an
occupation / business is a national signal of distress in the agricultural sector. This
is already negatively impacting on the economy. The low interest in agriculture
among the youth could partly be attributed to the public sector systems that have
concentrated more on production with limited value addition, processing and
marketing. This has been a concern that has informed the development of youth
in agriculture Strategic Plan.
This Strategic Plan provides an overview of objectives and strategies to be
pursued during the five-year period (2017-2022). The preparation of the Strategic
Plan was guided by the Constitution of Kenya (CoK 2010), National Youth Policy,
Vision 2030,Agriculture Sector Development Strategy (ASDS) 2010-2020 County
Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs).
MTP II, Jubilee Manifesto (2013-2017), the Ministry’s Strategic Plan, Other
Regional and International Policy Interventions and the National Agriculture
Policy. The plan captures national challenges that are facing the youth in the
sector and the available opportunities for agri-preneurship.
The Strategic Plan is organized into four chapters; Chapter one gives the
background information, justification and rationale, policies, strategies and other
initiatives that address youth issues in the sector. Chapter two presents situational
analysis of youth in agriculture and underlying challenges, Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities and Threats (SWOT), stakeholder’s and risk analysis. Chapter three
proposes the strategic model that includes strategic issues, strategic objectives and
key activities that will be undertaken in the implementation period and chapter
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four proposes targeting, resource mobilization, coordination and partnership,
communication, capacity building and monitoring and evaluation.
Eleven (11) Strategic objectives have been developed to address the challenges
that hamper meaning and sustainable youth participation in agribusiness. These
are: To transform the mindset and perceptions of the youth towards agribusiness;
To equip youth with appropriate agribusiness skills, knowledge and information;
To enhance access to affordable and youth friendly financial services for agri-
preneurship; Enhance access and sustainable use of land for the youth in
agribusiness; To engage youth in research, development and utilization of
innovative agricultural technologies; Enhance access to factors of production,
utilisation of modern technologies and utilisation of Good Agricultural Practices
(GAP) to increase efficiency; To increase utilisation of agricultural products through
value addition; Improved access to affordable suitable output markets for the
youth; Support implementation, reviews and development of policies that create
an enabling environment for youth in agri-preneurship; Promote youth-inclusive
climate smart agricultural technologies and create green jobs for environmental
sustainability; Promote an integrated approach to address cross-cutting challenges
including gender disparities, cultural barriers, alcohol and substance abuse, HIV
& AIDS, weak governance and value systems amongst others.
The implementation of the Strategic plan will depend on availability of human and
financial resources from the National and County Governments and development
partners,. The estimated cost of implementation of this strategy will be KES. 22
Billion for the five years period.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD................................................................................................... i
PREFACE ........................................................................................................ iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.................................................................................. v
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.................................................................................. vii
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS............................................................... xi
CHAPTER ONE............................................................................................... 1
1.1 BACKGROUND........................................................................................ 1
1.2 JUSTIFICATION AND RATIONALE OF THE STRATEGY............................ 4
1.3 OVERVIEW OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY CONTEXTS............... 6
CHAPTER TWO............................................................................................... 10
2.1 SITUATION ANALYSIS ............................................................................ 10
2.2 CHALLENGES THAT HINDER EFFECTIVE YOUTH .................................. 11
PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR................................................ 11
2.4 OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROMOTE YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN THE
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR........................................................................... 18
CHAPTER THREE............................................................................................. 21
3.1 STRATEGIC MODEL ................................................................................ 21
3.2 STRATEGIC ISSUES, STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIC
INTERVENTIONS..................................................................................... 21
CHAPTER FOUR............................................................................................. 28
4.1 BENEFICIARY TARGETING ...................................................................... 28
4.2 RESOURCE MOBILIZATION..................................................................... 31
4.3 COMMUNICATION PLAN....................................................................... 33
4.4 COORDINATION, MANAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIP ........................ 34
4.5 MONITORING & EVALUATION.............................................................. 36
4.6 IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX..................................................................... 38
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NEET Not Educated, Employed & Trained
NGOs, Non-Governmental Organisations
NYC National Youth Council
NYS National Youth Service
NBS National Bureau of Statistics
SRA Strategy to Revitalize Agriculture
SDA State Department of Agriculture
SDL State Department of Livestock
SDF&B State Department of Fisheries and Blue Economy
SDG Sustainable Development Goals
TCP Technical Corporation Project
TNT The National Treasury
T-VET Technical Vocational Education and Training
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UPAP Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture Project
YEDF Youth Enterprise Development Fund
Y-MAP Youth in Modern Agriculture Programme
YPARD Young Professionals for Agricultural Development
4-K Kuungana, Kufanya, Kusaidia, Kenya
4H Head, Heart, Hands and Health
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CHAPTER ONE
1.1 BACKGROUND
Global population is expected to increase from 7 billion to 9 billion by 2050,
with youth (aged 15-24) accounting for about 14% of this total (ILO, 2014).
With the rapidly rising population, there is an equal increase in demand for
food hence worsening the global food insecurity especially in developing
countries. As a result, food insecurity has been anchored within the Post-2015
Sustainable Development Goals, that is, Goal 1 - Ending poverty in all its forms
and Goal 2 - Ending hunger to achieve food and nutrition security and promote
sustainable agriculture (SDG, 2030). Globally, agriculture accounts for 32% of
total employment, (ILO, 2014). It is important to focus on the young people as the
future of addressing food insecurity even as global youth population increases.
The global youth population growth does not seem to be commensurate with the
available employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for youth, particularly
those living in developing countries. The employment opportunities remain
limited, poorly remunerated and of poor quality (Youth and Agriculture: Key
challenges and concrete solutions, FAO, CTA, & IFAD 2014). The Youth Division
of the Africa Union Commission indicates that about 65% of the total population
of Africa is below the age of 35. About 10 million youth enter the labour market
annually. Youth unemployment rate in Sub-Saharan Africa’s was 11.8% in 2012
and was projected to drop to 11.7% in the years to come. While agriculture plays
a vital role in Africa’s economic growth and social improvement contributing the
highest percentage of the workforce population (about 65%, and about 30% of
GDP in most African Countries), the current trend of youth participation in the
sector is on the decline (Africa Agriculture Status Report, 2015). This is largely
contributed to strength of various push and pull factors based on the global
economic trends that has favoured non-agricultural sector than the agricultural
sector hence labour shift out of agriculture.
Kenya has about 13.7 million youth which accounts for 35.4% of the total
population and constitutes 60% of the total labour force of which 10% are
directly participating in Agricultural sector (World Bank 2014). It is estimated that
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64% of the unemployed Kenyans are youth with majority moving away from the
agricultural sector to fast growing non-agricultural sectors in urban areas. This
results in rural-to-urban migration consequently reducing the labour force in rural
areas to work in the agricultural sector. The disaggregation of unemployment rates
by gender reveals a higher rate for female than male. The overall unemployment
rate for female in 2005/06 was 14.3% compared to 11.2% among males (Kenya
Institute of Economic Affairs, 2010 and Kenya National Bureau of Statistics 2008).
Over the years the Government has committed to address youth issues including
unemployment but has remained a key challenge to date. While acknowledging
the efforts made to address unemployment among the youth, the third National
Development Plan of 1974-78, warned that the problem would in future loom
large. Efforts to initiate youth development programmes have been made in other
subsequent policy documents, such as Sessional Paper No. 2 of 1992 on Small
Scale and Cottage Industry, the 1997-2001 Development Plan and the National
Poverty Eradication Plan 1999-2015 among others. Despite these efforts, as well
as an increase in the number of agencies dealing with the youth, challenges
affecting young people have persisted.
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According to Economic Survey (2016), agriculture still remains the backbone of
Kenya’s economy, directly contributing 30% of the annual GDP and another 27%
indirectly. The Agriculture Sector Development Strategy (2010-2020) recognises
the potential of the youth in developing agriculture and has a special focus on
the youth. Towards this end, ministry has carried out various initiatives to address
youth involvement in agriculture including; youth mobilisation in all counties
to form farming groups, technical support and provision of start-up farming
equipment’s, promotion of 4-K and Young farmers clubs. However, over the years
very few of these young people see a future for themselves in agricultural sector
leading to withdrawal from the sector despite its ample potential to provide
livelihood, income-generating and wealth creation opportunities.
Despite the interventions, the agricultural sector is yet to fully exploit the potential
of the youth and remains largely unattractive for them. The major underlying issues
affecting youth participation in agriculture include but not limited to; Access
to Land, Agricultural finance and insurance, Knowledge, skills and extension
services; and use of innovative technologies and; Markets.
Based on the foregoing, the Strategy has developed youth oriented mechanisms
and approaches to increase their engagement in agribusiness and related value
chains.
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The economic pillar of Kenya’s Vision 2030 further identifies agriculture as one of
the key sectors to deliver 10% annual economic growth rate. Part of this growth
will be achieved through transforming small-scale agriculture from subsistence
to innovative, commercially oriented and modern. Considering the high rate of
youth unemployment and underemployment, with about 1 million youth entering
the labour market annually, the agricultural sector offers multiple livelihood and
employment opportunities.
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Policy Provisions
1 The Constitution The 4th Chapter of the Constitution of Kenya on the Bill of
of Kenya (CoK Rights gives the citizens the right to be free from hunger,
2010) and to have adequate food of acceptable quality. The 5th
Chapter on Land and Environment emphasizes on the need
to manage existing land resources efficiently, productively
and sustainably while protecting and conserving ecologically
sensitive areas.
The Fourth schedule of the constitution underscores the
distribution of functions between the National and County
Governments. Article 55 of the Constitution of Kenya,2010
(CoK); requires the Government to take measures, including
affirmative action programmes, to ensure that the youth have
access relevant education and training; have opportunities to
associate, be represented and participate in political, social,
economic and other spheres of life; access employment; and
are protected from harmful cultural practices and exploitation.
2 National Youth To address the many challenges that face the youth, the
Policy (2006) & Government responded by developing the National Youth
Policy (NYP) of 2006 that provides a framework through
The NYC Act
which youth matters are handled. The NYP sought to address
(2009)
pressure from the high youth population growth, inadequate
and appropriate skills, unclear and uncoordinated youth
policies and programmes, resource constraints and low status
given to youth. The NYC Act of 2009 was instituted and set
the youth age to be between 18 and 35 years. However,
the policy and legal framework does not address youth in
agriculture issues.
According to the National Youth Policy (2006), the youths
in the age 15-35 years have been largely excluded from
designing, planning, and implementing programmes and
policies
3 Vision 2030 Vision 2030 is a national long term growth plan that identifies
agriculture as the key mover of the economic pillar with the
objective of maintaining a sustainable economic growth of
10 percent annually over a period of 20 years from 2010.
The vision recommends ‘devolved funds’ targeting the youth,
women and all vulnerable groups and communities with high
incidence of poverty particularly those living in the arid and
semi-arid areas of the country.
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Policy Provisions
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Policy Provisions
9 National The youth aged between 15-30 years number about 9.1
Agriculture million and account for about 32% of the population of which
Policy 52% are female. The youth form 60% of the total labour
force but many of them have not been absorbed in the job
market owing to the country’s’ low economic growth rates.
Many of the youth who are productive and energetic remain
unemployed and underutilized and consequently engage in
deviant behaviours.
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Policy Provisions
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CHAPTER TWO
2.1 SITUATION ANALYSIS
Currently, over 1 million young people enter into the labour market annually
having either dropped out of school or completed high school and are not enrolled
in any institution of higher learning. A further 155,000 join the labour market
annually after completing training in Technical Vocational Education and Training
(TVET) or at the University out of which 12,000 are from agricultural institutions.
A total of over 1.3 million new employment places have to be created annually
to meet this demand. It is also noted that, the skills acquired by the college and
university graduates often do not meet the expectations of employers.
Despite few opportunities in the job market, agriculture is not viewed by the
youth as a viable business largely because majority of farmers practise traditional
farming methods, poorly, remunerated enterprises and does not lead to decent
livelihoods. As a result the youth perceive agriculture as dirty and a career or
business of last resort.
The negative perception towards agriculture has further progressed over the years
with technical institutions and universities seeing a decline in direct enrolment of
students due to a paradigm shift towards other courses that have a higher demand
in the job market. The elementary school curriculum being the foundation for
agriculture has since dropped agriculture from the subjects taught and examined.
As a result, the current graduates have little knowledge and skills in agriculture
and shun it as inferior.
The youth engaged in agriculture are often, frustrated by the high cost of investment
and low resilience to external shocks. The youth are mostly interested in quick
turnaround business ventures or secure and constant incomes.
Despite all the above challenges, there is consensus amongst the agriculture
sector stakeholders led by Government to reposition youth at the forefront of
agricultural development for current and future posterity of the sector. This strategy
identifies and forms a basis for addressing the challenges that hinder adequate
youth engagement in agriculture.
However, the available products don’t target youth appropriately and are not
easily accessible. In addition, formal financial service providers perceive lending
to youth as risky because of their weak financial capacity, lack of collateral, poor
saving culture, minimal financial track records, and education systems that do
not equip them with financial literacy. Majority of the youth often do not possess
experience in agriculture making it difficult for them to engage in contract
farming, which would normally be a valuable strategy for securing credit. Other
challenges include; limited access to credit as a result of, lack of collateral, high
cost of credit, risky nature of agriculture, limited access to banking institutions in
some areas reluctance to exploit the available credit facilities due to uncertainties
and low level of awareness as well as limited insurance to mitigate against risks
in agricultural enterprises.
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• Change of land use from agriculture to other uses including real estate
development.
• High capital investment requirement at the higher levels of the value chain
e.g. refrigeration and cold storage.
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2.3.6 Cross cutting challenges - Alcohol and Drug Abuse (ADA),HIV & AIDs,
Gender disparities, Cultural barriers, Disability, Governance and value
systems
Mitigation measures stipulated in the ADA Policy have not been effectively
implemented.
Currently HIV and AIDS is more prevalent among the youth (KAIS, 2014).
Alcohol and Drug Abuse, HIV& AIDs and other health challenges significantly
affect youth engagement in the sector due to:
• Loss of labour, knowledge and skills
• Wastage, loss and diversion of productive capital
• Low production and productivity
• Delinquent behaviour that may lead to crime and accidents
• Stigma and trauma of infected and affected
• Early pregnancies
• Poor access to youth friendly health services
• Diversion of household resources to treatment and care
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The main constraints inhibiting gender equality in agriculture include:
• Disparities in accessing, controlling and utilizing factors of production
• Disparities in roles and gender norms that inhibit equal participation in
agricultural activities and family incomes
• Low empowerment of young women to take up decision making roles
• Gender blind planning
2.3.6.3 Disability
Youth with disability often face marginalization and severe social, economic and
civic disparities as compared to those without disabilities due to many factors
ranging from stigma to inaccessible environments. It is essential to ensure all
youth have equal opportunities to become productive and contributing members
of their societies and enjoy rights and privileges of citizenship. The following
constraints limit the participation of youth with disabilities in the sector:
• Insufficient appropriate technologies targeting youth with disabilities
• Limited visibility and uptake of agricultural technologies for persons with
disabilities
• Limited resources for acquisition of technologies and low capacity for their
use
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The literacy levels among the youth are higher compared to other demographic
segments in all counties. This has the potential of ensuring an increase in the
exposure to new Knowledge and information which is available on both hard
and soft copy and in different platform including the social media, internet and
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knowledge hubs. The literacy levels provides avenues for easy and faster sharing
of knowledge including commodity prices, demand and supply gaps that exist in
diverse geographical contexts.
2.4.4 Increasing demand for food and Market Opportunities- domestic, regional
and international
The population growth rates in Kenya are among the highest in the world and this
growth need to be matched with the availability of food. The youth are presented
with an opportunity to meet this demand using innovative approaches and
technologies which the other demographic segments may be averse to.
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CHAPTER THREE
3.1 STRATEGIC MODEL
This strategy has identified 14 key strategic issues with corresponding objectives
and strategies designed to address the challenges that hinder youth from effectively
participating in the sector and its associated value chains. The framework here
below is an implementation tool for the strategy. For each strategic objective and
respective strategies activities to be undertaken to realize each strategy have been
identified. Necessary resources required to carry out the actives are captured in
the indicative budgets in this framework. In order to facilitate effective monitoring
and evaluation of the strategy targets, outputs and performance indicator have
been included in the Implementation framework.
Strategic Issue 2:
Large population of youth have inadequate skills, knowledge and information
Strategic Objective 2:
To equip youth with appropriate agribusiness skills, knowledge and information
Strategic Interventions:
1. Spearhead implementation of youth agribusiness internships and
mentorship programmes.
2. Build the capacity of youth on existing technical and innovative
agribusiness skills.
3. Develop a central knowledge and information sharing hub/ agribusiness
resource centres for Agricultural information. (How to?)
4. Develop and operationalize county agricultural information system hubs
5. Support training and research institutions to utilize cutting edge
technologies and emerging trends in agricultural sector
6. Develop and support a modern youth-inclusive agricultural advisory
services models
7. Equip youth with knowledge, skills and information on Good Agricultural
Practices (GAP)
Strategic Issue 3:
Limited access to financial Services
Strategic Objective 3:
To enhance access to affordable and youth friendly financial services for agri-
preneurship
Strategic Interventions:
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Strategic Issue 4:
Limited access to land for agribusiness
Strategic Objective 4:
Enhance access and sustainable use of land for the youth in agribusiness
Strategic Interventions:
1. Co-create and implement in partnership with county governments and other
stakeholders alternative unique land lease models
2. Promote innovative farming practices that optimise land use
3. Support the development and implementation of policy initiatives that
review land use and encourage agricultural land consolidation
Strategic Issue 5:
Limited agricultural Innovations, Research, technology development, adoption
and utilization
Strategic Objective 5:
To engage youth in research, development and utilization of innovative
agricultural technologies
Strategic Interventions:
1. Promote and disseminate cost effective adaptive appropriate agricultural
technologies
2. Promote youth engagement in Fabricating, mass producing, research &
innovations and technologies for uptake in agribusiness
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Strategic Issue 6:
Low Productivity
Strategic Objective 7:
Enhance access to factors of production, utilisation of modern technologies and
utilisation of Good Agricultural Practices to increase efficiency
Strategic Interventions:
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Strategic Issue 7:
Low levels of value addition
Strategic Objective 7:
To increase utilisation of agricultural products through value addition
Strategic Interventions:
1. Undertake agro value chain analysis to determine potential products and
value addition processes that the youth can easily engage in
2. Build the capacity of the youth to carry out value addition
3. Establish agro-processing and pilot demonstration units
4. Develop and upscale appropriate technologies for value addition
5. Provide supporting services, incentives and infrastructure for value addition
6. Support the establishment of youth led PPP on value addition
Strategic Issue 8:
Limited access to market information, inadequate market infrastructure and
entrepreneurial skills
Strategic Objective 8:
Improved access to affordable suitable output markets for the youth
Strategic Interventions:
1. Develop and implement sustainable incentive programs for the youth in
agribusiness through PPPs
2. Develop linkages/ networks for youth to access niche markets
3. Support formation and strengthening of structured market platforms
4. Support group purchase of inputs and marketing of end products to leverage
bargaining power and opportunities
5. Build capacities of youth on market driven agricultural enterprises
6. Support development and access to market infrastructure and information
7. Collaborative review and integration of agricultural outputs information
platforms
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Strategic Issue 9:
Inadequate policies to support youth in agri-preneurship
Strategic Objective 9:
Support implementation, reviews and development of policies that create an
enabling environment for youth in agri-preneurship
Strategic Interventions:
1. Support inclusive youth participation in policy development, review and
implementation processes
2. Initiate processes to review existing national policies to integrate youth in
agribusiness
Strategic Interventions:
1. Create Youth awareness on Climate Change and increase youth resilience
by developing and linking youth to coping strategies that reduce risk and
vulnerability to climate change
2. Promote climate smart technologies in the agricultural sector
3. Create opportunities to educate the youth on bio-enterprises, green jobs and
payment for ecosystem services.
4. Build youth capacity on advocacy and environmental conservation
5. Promote real time information dissemination on weather related issues and
their impacts on agribusiness
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Strategic Interventions:
1. Build capacity and develop life skills for the youth to address gender,
disability, cultural issues, governance, value system, drug and substance
abuse, nutrition and HIV and AIDs
2. Create suitable safety nets to cushion highly vulnerable youth against
radicalization, addictions and violence
3. Support the establishment of agriculture based community service to
mitigate idleness amongst young people
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CHAPTER FOUR
ACTION PLAN
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identification of ambassadors
and markets
Innovators and Linkages to institutions for and 100 400 1,000,000 N/A
Researchers services (by 10,000)
Existing
2. In School Youth
Universities Demand driven Research, 100,000 400,000 2,800,000,000 N/A
and Tertiary Information management,
Institutions Innovation Hubs
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technologies (by 20,000)
High School and Attitude and mindset change 100,000 400,000 500,000,000 N/A
Primary (Curriculum Review, Agricultural (by 50,000)
Clubs, Debates, Sports, Music,
Ambassadors, and Scholarships)
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3. Special Groups
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The Malabo Declaration of 2015 on Food and Agriculture where African Union-
Heads of State and Government upheld commitment to allocate at least 10% of
the budgetary resources to agriculture and rural development is yet to be achieved
by most countries Kenya included. The government of Kenya in collaboration
with other non-state actors have created various initiatives to support youth such
as Youth Enterprise Fund, Uwezo Fund, Women Enterprise Fund, FAO Youth
Technical Corporation Project (TCP), Kilifi Youth Economic Empowerment Project
(KYEEP) by WFP, FAO & World Vision and other initiatives by the development
partners and other stakeholders. However, such efforts have focused their support
and investment in other sectors with minimal attention to agribusiness.
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The Government will ensure that the processes of resource mobilization, dealings
with sources of resources and internal structures for management of the mobilized
resources are transparent and accountable, not only to the sources but also to the
beneficiaries of the mobilized resources.
National Government
The National Government has already made provision for seed money towards
the engagement of youth in agribusiness. It will continue to seek more resources
within its reach to enable the delivery of the objectives identified for the five year
period.
County Governments
The strategy will advocate for an incentive programme for counties that offer
matching funds, enabling policies and legislations and assets to support youth
engagement in agri-preneurship.
Private Sector
The private sector plays multiple roles in the implementation of the strategy
such as service provision, cutting edge innovations and markets. It represents
a growing and increasing funding opportunity through their CSR programmes
and foundations. Impact financing, in-kind contributions such as internships,
mentorships, are also other avenues of engagement with private sector players.
Development Partners
The Development Partners (DPs) will be key in delivering the strategy through
the established Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) mechanisms. The DPs
offer opportunities for pooling of resources around thematic areas of interest
for maximum impact. The fundraising committee will be charged with the
responsibility of constantly scanning, networking and soliciting information from
the development partners on areas of focus, financial years and profiles (policies,
preferences, geographical focus). A distribution list and calendar of events will
be developed to map all major DP events for inputs and participation. Quarterly
development partner or round table meetings will be convened for technical
updates on progress, funding gaps and topical areas for interventions.
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4.2.2. Funds Management
The Government funds will be disbursed through the National Treasury and CoG
developed and agreed on the financial management framework for projects which
will be adopted for this Strategy. Other funds from Development Partners can be
tapped to increase and allow for synergies in delivery.
4.3.1 Objectives
The main objectives of the communication plan include:
• To raise awareness and understanding of the multiple opportunities for
employment and business within the Agricultural Sector
• To mobilize support for the implementation of the strategy through
awareness raising and education
• To support partnership development between the Government and
key stakeholders to facilitate broad communication and information
dissemination
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v. General Public
(a) Graduate Youth
(b) Unemployed Youth
(c) Agri-preneurs
(d) Not Educated Employed Trained
(c) Special Groups
(d) Parents/Caregivers
The Communication Plan will adopt appropriate and different communication
& social marketing techniques in order to ensure the messages intended for the
various target audience have the desired impact. Some of the communication
tools and activities this plan will employ, face-to-face, print-based, electronic and
audio-visual, social media and digital platforms, standardize formats/style.
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will hold semi-annual meetings, during which the strategy implementation will
be reviewed and policy guidance provided on the future implementation plans.
The NSIU staff will be internally recruited from within the Ministry of Agriculture,
Livestock and Fisheries and seconded to the programme. Due to the scope and
heavy workload expected of the strategy activities, the recruited team will be
provided with an extraneous allowance as agreed upon between the Ministry
and other Government agencies. In cases where there is need for additional
specialization, the strategy can co-opt the officers.
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STRATEGY COORDINATION
Intergovernmental Steering
Committee (IGSC)
Beneficiaries
(Youth Groups)
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4.6 IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX
Strategic Issue 1 : Negative perceptions to agricultural activities due to perceived low returns which are not immediate, drudgery nature, and risks
associated with it
Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 1 Verification Interventions Targets
To transform Increased Number Progress Establish an 5 innovative Number of National 100,000,000 Y1 - Y5
the mindset number or of Youth Reports innovative information innovations Government,
and of youth engaged in information and and knowlegde County
perceptions engaged in agribusiness Field Visits and knowledge knowledge sharing Governments,
of the youth agribusiness sharing networks/ sharing platforms Youth
towards Direct platform on networks/ developed and
agribusiness Observations agribusiness platform on utilised.
agribusiness
Interviews developed
with
Lobby for Agribusiness Learning MoE 90,000,000 Y1 - Y3
beneficiaries
integration of studies as a institutions Primary and
agribusiness stand alone with Secondary
Comparative
as a subject in subject/ course Agribusiness schools
evidence
the education in the school integrated into Universities
curriculum curriculum in the curiculum and Tertiary
all levels of Institutions,
education Youth Networks
Revive and Agriculture Number of MoE 500,000,000 Y1 - Y5
rebrand clubs Agriculture Primary and
agricultural clubs established Clubs Secondary
in schools in at least established and schools
2000 learning operational. Universities
institutions and Tertiary
countrywide. Institutions,
MoALF
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Strategic Issue 1 : Negative perceptions to agricultural activities due to perceived low returns which are not immediate, drudgery nature, and risks
associated with it
Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 1 Verification Interventions Targets
cont'd
To transform Increased Number Progress Establish a At least 3 Number of National and 100,000,000 Y1 - Y5
the mindset number or of Youth Reports mechanism for Feedback feedback County gvts.
and of youth engaged in the sector players mechanisms mechanism MoE, MoITC
perceptions engaged in agribusiness Field Visits to give feedback established established Private Sector,
of the youth agribusiness to learning MoALF, Youth
towards Direct institutions on Networks
agribusiness Observations market driven
knowledge and
Interviews skills
with
Establish national 1 National Number of All youth 2,500,000,000 Y1 - Y5
beneficiaries
campaign and 47 county campaign categories and
platforms to campaign platforms levels, Youth
Comparative
sensitize the platforms established Networks
evidence
general public established. No of youth
on Youth in 100,000 reached
agribusiness youth to be through
reached in the agricultural
agricultural platforms
platforms
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Strategic Issue 1 : Negative perceptions to agricultural activities due to perceived low returns which are not immediate, drudgery nature, and risks
associated with it
Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 1 Verification Interventions Targets
cont'd
To transform Increased Number Progress Establish an At least 500 Number of Youth Agri- 100,000,000 Y2 & Y4
the mindset number or of Youth Reports award system champions award systems preneurs (Biennual)
and of youth engaged in recognizing Awarded developed Journalists
perceptions engaged in agribusiness Field Visits youth and Media
of the youth agribusiness champions/ Houses, Youth
towards Direct ambassadors/ Networks
agribusiness Observations agri-journalism/
celebrities in
Interviews agribusiness
with
beneficiaries
Comparative
evidence
Sub-Total 3,390,000,000
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Strategic Issue 2 : Large population of youth have inadequate skills, knowledge and information
Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 2 Verification Interventions Targets
To equip Knowledgable Number Progress Introduce and Introduced, Number Graduates 1,200,000,000
youth with and skilled of skilled Reports strengthen strengthened of young from Tertiary
appropriate young Young implementation and utilized agripreneurs institutions,
agribusiness agripreneurs agripreneurs Field Visits of youth internships and benefitted from TVETS and
skills, agribusiness mentorship the internship Universities,
knowledge Direct internships and programmes on and mentorship Private Sector,
and Observations mentorship Agribusiness programmes Government
information programmes. in appropriate set in different (Both levels),
Interviews institutions levels of Development
with to benefit learning and Partners, Youth Y1 - Y5
beneficiaries 5,000 young institutions Networks
agripreneurs
Comparative Percentage
evidence increase in
internship and
mentorship
programmes
Strategic Issue 2 : Large population of youth have inadequate skills, knowledge and information
Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 2 Verification Interventions Targets
cont'd
To equip Knowledgable Number Progress Develop One central Number of MoALF, 50,000,000
youth with and skilled of skilled Reports a central Information youth utilizing Private Sector,
appropriate young Young knowledge and sharing hub/ the hubs Development
agribusiness agripreneurs agripreneurs Field Visits information agribusiness and resource Partners, Youth
skills, sharing hub/ resource centre centres. Networks
knowledge Direct agribusiness established and Y1 - Y5
and Observations resource centres utilized at the
information for Agricultural national level.
Interviews information
with
beneficiaries
Develop and county Number County 117,500,000
Comparative operationalise agricultural of county Governments,
evidence county information agricultural Private Sectors,
agricultural system hubs information Development
information established and system hubs Partners, Youth Y1 - Y5
system hubs utilized in all established and Networks
47 counties utilized in the
counties
Support training 30 Training Number of new MoALF, 300,000,000
and research and Research technologies Private Sector,
institutions Institutions up and emerging Development
to utilize to date with trrends adopted Partners, Youth
cutting edge at least 2 new by Training Networks
Y1 - Y5
technologies and technologies and Research
emerging trends and emerging Institutions
in agricultural trends in the countrywide.
sector sector
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Strategic Issue 2 : Large population of youth have inadequate skills, knowledge and information
Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 2 Verification Interventions Targets
cont'd
To equip Knowledgable Number Progress Develop and 3 Youth Number MoALF, County 15,000,000
youth with and skilled of skilled Reports support a modern inclusive of models Governments,
appropriate young Young youth-inclusive agricultural developed and Private sector,
agribusiness agripreneurs agripreneurs Field Visits agricultural advisory supported Developmentr Y1 - Y5
skills, advisory services services models Partners, Youth
knowledge Direct models developed and Networks
and Observations supported
information
Equip youth with 47000 Youth Number of MoALF, County 1,551,000,000
Interviews
knowledge, skills equipped and youth utilizing Governments,
with
and information utlilizing GAP GAP Agricultural
beneficiaries
on Good training and
Agricultural research
Comparative
Practices (GAP) institutions in
evidence Y1 - Y5
the counties,
private sector,
DPs, Youth
Networks
Sub-Total 3,468,500,000
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Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 3 Verification Interventions Targets
To enhance Increased %age Progress Develop 20% increase Percentage National and 2,050,000,000 Y1 - Y3
access to Number increase Reports youth specific in partnerships increase in County gvts.,
affordable of Youth in Youth PPP models between youth partnerships Private Sector,
and youth Investing in investing in Field Visits that finance agripreneurs, established DPs,
friendly agribusiness Agribusiness and derisks private sector by youth and
financial Direct agribusiness and public other players
services %age Observations enterprises. sector on in the sector
for agri- increase agricultural
preneurship in Youth Interviews financing and
investments with insurance Youth in
in beneficiaries provision. Agribusiness
Agribusiness Fund
Comparative PPP Models Established
evidence developed and
operational in
Kenya
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Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 3 Verification Interventions Targets
cont'd
To enhance Increased %age Progress Promote 50% increase Number National and 610,000,000 Y1 - Y5
access to Number increase Reports initiatives in number of of young County gvts.,
affordable of Youth in Youth geared towards youth uptake agripreneurs Financial
and youth Investing in investing in Field Visits increasing of tailor made accessing Institutions, DPs,
friendly agribusiness Agribusiness access to Youth financial and finance and
financial Direct friendly financial insurance insurance
services %age Observations and insurance services for services
for agri- increase services to agri-business through the
preneurship in Youth Interviews support youth partnerships
investments with agribusiness 50% increase
in beneficiaries enterprises. in youth
Agribusiness investments in Percentage
Comparative agribusiness Increase in
evidence financial
lending and
insurance
provision to
youth specific
agribusiness
ventures
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Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 3 Verification Interventions Targets
cont'd
To enhance Increased %age Progress Develop 3 youth friendly Number National and 10,000,000 Y1 - Y5
access to Number increase Reports participatory models for of models County gvts.,
affordable of Youth in Youth framework for contract developed Financial
and youth Investing in investing in Field Visits contract farming farming Institutions, DPs,
friendly agribusiness Agribusiness including formalized and Private Sectors
financial Direct formation of actualised
services %age Observations cooperatives and Percentage of
for agri- increase groups to access 30% increase formal farming
preneurship in Youth Interviews funds. in contracts contracts
investments with awarded awarded
in beneficiaries to young to young
Agribusiness agribusiness agripreneurs.
Comparative ventures
evidence
Sub-Total 2,670,000,000
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Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 4 Verification Interventions Targets
Enhance Increased Number Progress Co-create and At least 3 Number of National and 100,000,000 Y1 - Y3
access and youth of youth Reports implement in youth friendly youth friendly County gvts.,
sustainable access accessing for partnership land lease land lease NLC, Private
use of land and its sustainable Field Visits with county models for models Land Owners,
for the sustainable productivity governments purposes of Community
youth in utilization Direct and other agribusiness Elders,
agribusiness of land. Observations stakeholders established.
alternative
Interviews unique land
with lease models
beneficiaries
Promote 20% increase Percentage National and 200,000,000 Y1 - Y5
Comparative innovative in agricultural increae in County gvts.,
evidence farming practices productivity productivity. Private Sectors,
that optimise Community
land use Elders, DPs
Sub-Total 340,000,000
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Strategic Issue 5 : Insufficient dissemination and uptake of agricultural Innovations, Research, Technology
Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 5 Verification Interventions Targets
To engage Increased %age of youth Progress Development At least 5 Number of MoALF, County 15,000,000 Y1 - Y5
youth in number involved in Reports of agricultural innovations and responsive gvt., DPs,
research, of youth development technologies that technologies innovations Private Sector,
development involved in and utilization Field Visits are responsive developed for and Media
and development of new to the needs of youth, women technologies
utilization of and innovations, Direct youth, women and persons developed
innovative utilization technologies Observations and persons with with disabilities for youth,
agricultural of new and research disabilities women and
technologies innovations, linked to Interviews with persons with
technologies agribusiness. beneficiaries disabilities
and research
linked to Number Comparative Promote and 60% increase Number of MoALF, County 300,000,000 Y1 - Y5
agribusiness. of new evidence disseminate cost in youth youth adopting gvt., DPs,
innovations, effective adaptive uptake of new at least 1 Private Sector,
technologies appropriate technologies of the new Research
and research agricultural and innovations innovations and Training
linked to technologies and Institutions
agribusiness. technologies
Strategic Issue 5 : Insufficient dissemination and uptake of agricultural Innovations, Research, Technology
Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 5 Verification Interventions Targets
cont'd
To engage Increased %age of youth Progress Promote 500 youth Number of National and 201,000,000 Y1 - Y5
youth in number involved in Reports and provide engaged in established County gvts.,
research, of youth development sustainable agricultural and issued Private Sectors,
development involved in and utilization Field Visits incentives for research incentives Research
and development of new Youth and and training
utilization of and innovations, Direct Public Private 100 Number of Institutions
innovative utilization technologies Observations Partnership (PPP) partnerships partnerships
agricultural of new and research in agricultural established established
technologies innovations, linked to Interviews with Research and between Youth
technologies agribusiness. beneficiaries Development and other
and research stakeholders
linked to Number Comparative in conducting
agribusiness of new evidence agricultural
innovations, research.
technologies
and research Promote Tech- 8 Tech-labs and Number of MoALF, County 160,000,000 Y1 - Y5
linked to labs and ICT ICT centres Tech-Labs and gvt., DPs,
agribusiness. centres in established ICT centres. Private Sector,
the counties and utilized Media
linked to the in counties
repositories and clusters.
mobile Apps
Sub-Total 861,000,000
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Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 6 Verification Interventions Targets
To enhance Increased Improved Progress Support access At least 5 Number of National and 2,000,000,000 Y1 - Y5
access to productivity productivity Reports and utilization modern technologies County gvt.,
factors of by young of modern agricultural and DPs, Private
production, agripreneurs Number Field Visits agricultural technologies mechanisations Sector, MOALF,
utilisation of of youth technologies and and developed and
modern adopting Direct mechanization mechanization adopted
technologies modern Observations so as to enhance developed and
to increase agricultural efficiency along utilized Number of
productivity technologies. Interviews selected value Youth adopting
with chains 40% of young and utilizing
beneficiaries agripreneurs modern
adopting agricultural
Comparative modern technologies
evidence agricultural
technologies
and
mechanization
Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 7 Verification Interventions Targets
To enhance Increased Number Progress Identify agro At least 3 Number of Research 10,000,000 Y1 - Y2
youth engagement of youth Reports value chains sustainable Youth engaging institutions,
engagement of youth engaged to determine and profitable in the value DPs, MoALF,
in value in value in value Field Visits potential value additions additions County gvt.,
addition addition addition products and adopted by Private Sector,
Direct value addition youth in each
Observations processes that county
the youth can
Interviews easily engage
with in
beneficiaries Build the 60000 Youth Number of Research 600,000,000 Y1 - Y5
capacity of capacity youth trained in institutions,
Comparative the youth to built in value Value Addition. DPs, MoALF,
evidence carry out value addition County gvt.,
addition Private Sector,
Establish agro- 47 Number of pilot Research 1,000,000,000 Y1 - Y5
processing agroprocessing agroprocessing institutions,
and pilot pilot demonstration DPs, MoALF,
demonstration demonstration units developed County gvt.,
units units countrywide Private Sector,
established
Provide 10,000 youth Number of National 500,000,000 Y1 - Y5
youth with supported youth supported and County
supporting to engage in to engage in gvt.,DPs,
services, value addition. value addition Private Sector,
incentives and Youth group/
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Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 7 Verification Interventions Targets
cont'd
To enhance Increased Number Progress Support the 30,000 Youth Number of National 500,000,000 Y1 - Y5
youth engagement of youth Reports establishment involved in Youth in and County
engagement of youth engaged of youth led youth-led PPP youth-led PPP gvt.,DPs,
in value in value in value Field Visits PPP on value establishments establishements. Private Sector,
addition addition addition addition. in Value Youth group/
Direct addition Networks,
Observations
Interviews
with
beneficiaries
Comparative
evidence
Sub-Total 2,610,000,000
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Strategic Issue 8: Limited access to market information, inadequate market infrastructure and entrepreneurial skills
Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 8 Verification Interventions Targets
To improve Increased Number Progress Develop and 50,000 youth Number of Youth MOALF, County 100,000,000 Y1 - Y5
access to youth of Youth Reports implement accessing accessing and gvt., DPs,
markets for participation engaged in sustainable sustainable particiapting Private Sector,
the youth in agricultural Field Visits incentive for incentives in agricultural The National
agricultural marketing the youth in in marketing markets Treasury
marketing Direct marketing through PPPs
Observations through PPPs Number of
incentives
Interviews created through
with PPP
beneficiaries
Develop 5 youth Number of youth MOALF, County 10,000,000 Y1 - Y5
Comparative linkages/ groups/saccos groups accessing gvt., DPs, Private
evidence networks for accessing niche niche markets Sector, MoITC,
youth to access markets
niche markets
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Strategic Issue 8: Limited access to market information, inadequate market infrastructure and entrepreneurial skills
Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 8 Verification Interventions Targets
cont'd
To improve Increased Number Progress Support At least one Number of MOALF, County 30,000,000 Y1 - Y5
access to youth of Youth Reports consolidated youth marketing youth marketing gvt., DPs, Private
markets for participation engaged in marketing of group per value groups/ Sector,
the youth in agricultural Field Visits end products chain associations
agricultural marketing to leverage
marketing Direct bargaining
Observations power and
opportunities
Interviews with
beneficiaries
5. Build 10000 youth Number of MOALF, County 60,000,000 Y1 - Y5
Comparative capacities of offering youth offering gvt., DPs, Private
evidence youth to offer specialised specialised Sector, training
specialised agricultural agricultural institutions
agricultural services. services.
services.
Sub-Total 250,000,000
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Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 9 Verification Interventions Targets
To support An enabling Increase Progress Support Increase by Percentage of YPARD, MoALF, 50,000,000 Y1 - Y2
creation of environment in number Reports inclusive youth 20% youth youth engaged in County Gvt. DPs,
conducive for youth of youth participation participation the agricultural Private Sector,
policy engagement engaging in Field Visits in policy in agricultural policy MoPYGA
environment in agri- agribusiness development, policy environment
for youth in preneurship Direct review and environment.
agribusiness Observations implementation
proceses.
Interviews
with
beneficiaries
Comparative
evidence
Sub-Total 50,000,000
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Strategic Issue 10: Inadequate policy frameworks to support youth in agribusiness
Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 10 Verification Interventions Targets
To promote Youth Increased Progress Create 80% of Number of MoALF, DPs, 150,000,000 Y1 - Y5
youth-inclusive Agribusiness resilience Reports awareness beneficiaries youth informed Private Sector,
climate Change enterprises of youth on Climate informed and adapting to County gvt.,
Adaptation resilient agribusiness Field Visits Change and of climate climate change Ministry of
technologies to climate ventures building change and Public Service
and create change Direct resilience adaptation. Youth and
green jobs for Observations Gender Affairs,
environmental NDMA,
sustainability Interviews MoEnv.,
with Financial
beneficiaries Institutions
Comparative
evidence
Sub-Total 430,000,000
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Strategic Issue 11: Cross cutting challenges
Strategic Outcome Indicator Means of Strategic Output and Indicators Responsible Budget Timeframe
Objective 11 Verification Interventions Targets
Promote an Increased Number Progress Build capacity 80% of Number of MoALF, County 50,000,000 Y1 - Y5
integrated awareness of youth Reports and develop beneficiaries beneficiaries gvt., DPs,
approach to on aware of life skills for aware of Private Sectors, Y1 - Y5
address cross- crosscutting crosscutting Field Visits the youth to crosscutting MoPYGA, DP,
cutting and and and address gender, and emerging MoSCA
emerging issues emerging emerging Direct disability, social issues. Number of
including issues. issues Observations cultural issues, Policies and
gender governance, 5 Policies strategies
disparities, Interviews value system, and strategies mainstreaming
people with with drug and mainstreaming crosscutting and
disabilities, beneficiaries substance crosscutting emerging social
cultural barriers, abuse, betting, and emerging issues
alcohol and Comparative radicalization, social issues
substance evidence nutrition and
abuse, HIV and HIV and AIDs.
AIDS, weak
governance and Partner with 1000 Number of MoALF, County 1,000,000
value systems, appropriate vulnerable vulnerable gvt., DPs,
radicalization, stakeholders to youth accessing youth accessing Private Sectors,
betting amongst create suitable established established MoLEAs (Social
others. safety nets to safety nets safety nets Security &
cushion highly Services)
vulnerable youth
on crosscutting
and emerging
issues
Sub-Total 51,000,000
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