Agriculture and Food Authority Act.
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Abstract
This Act provides for the establishment of the Agriculture, and Food Authority, the administration of matters of agriculture and the preservation, utilization and development of agricultural land and related matters.
"Agriculture" in this Act means cultivation of land and the use of land and water for any purpose of husbandry, aquaculture and food production and includes: cultivation of crops and horticultural practice within the meaning of the Crops Act; the use of land, meadow land, market gardens or nursery grounds; and the use of land for agroforestry, when that use is ancillary to the use of land for other agricultural purposes; transgenic and microbial formulations for use and application in agricultural systems. The Authority is established as a body corporate and shall be the successor to the institutions established by the Acts repealed under section 41 this Act. It shall, in consultation with the county governments, among other things: promote best practices in, and regulate, the production, processing, marketing, grading, storage, collection, transportation and warehousing of agricultural and aquatic products excluding livestock products; collect data and maintain a database on agricultural and aquatic products excluding livestock products; determine the research priorities in agriculture and aquaculture; advise the national government and the county governments on agricultural and aquatic levies; carry out such other functions as may be assigned to it by this Act, the Crops Act, and any other written law.
The Cabinet Secretary shall, on the advice of the Authority, and in consultation with the National Land Commission, provide general guidelines applicable in respect of any category of agricultural land. These land development guidelines shall be implemented by the respective county governments. In a like manner, the Cabinet Secretary shall make general rules for the preservation, utilisation and development of agricultural land and aquatic resources and prescribe national guidelines for soil conservation. The Cabinet Secretary may also declare a plant to be a noxious or invasive weed in any area.
Each county government shall within its area of jurisdiction be responsible, for agricultural matters in accordance with Part 2 of Fourth Schedule to the Constitution. They shall keep a register of land development orders and land preservation orders, which they may issue under this Act. The Act also provides for participation by farmers.
"Agriculture" in this Act means cultivation of land and the use of land and water for any purpose of husbandry, aquaculture and food production and includes: cultivation of crops and horticultural practice within the meaning of the Crops Act; the use of land, meadow land, market gardens or nursery grounds; and the use of land for agroforestry, when that use is ancillary to the use of land for other agricultural purposes; transgenic and microbial formulations for use and application in agricultural systems. The Authority is established as a body corporate and shall be the successor to the institutions established by the Acts repealed under section 41 this Act. It shall, in consultation with the county governments, among other things: promote best practices in, and regulate, the production, processing, marketing, grading, storage, collection, transportation and warehousing of agricultural and aquatic products excluding livestock products; collect data and maintain a database on agricultural and aquatic products excluding livestock products; determine the research priorities in agriculture and aquaculture; advise the national government and the county governments on agricultural and aquatic levies; carry out such other functions as may be assigned to it by this Act, the Crops Act, and any other written law.
The Cabinet Secretary shall, on the advice of the Authority, and in consultation with the National Land Commission, provide general guidelines applicable in respect of any category of agricultural land. These land development guidelines shall be implemented by the respective county governments. In a like manner, the Cabinet Secretary shall make general rules for the preservation, utilisation and development of agricultural land and aquatic resources and prescribe national guidelines for soil conservation. The Cabinet Secretary may also declare a plant to be a noxious or invasive weed in any area.
Each county government shall within its area of jurisdiction be responsible, for agricultural matters in accordance with Part 2 of Fourth Schedule to the Constitution. They shall keep a register of land development orders and land preservation orders, which they may issue under this Act. The Act also provides for participation by farmers.
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An Act of Parliament to provide for the consolidation of the laws on the regulation and promotion of agriculture generally, to provide for the establishment of the Agriculture and Food Authority, to make provision for the respective roles of the national and county governments in agriculture excluding livestock and related matters in furtherance of the relevant provisions of the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution and for connected purposes
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This Act shall come into operation on such a date as the Cabinet Secretary may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint not being more than six months after its publication and different dates may be appointed for different provisions.
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Consolidated version of the Act no. 13 of 2013, chapter 317, as last amended by Sugar Act, no. 11 of 2024.The title of the original Act was "Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority Act".
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Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 25 of 25 January 2013 (Special Issue).
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English
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No