Strategic Plan for Agricultural and Rural Statistics (SPARS-Kenya) 2015-2022.

The Strategic Plan for Agricultural and Rural Statistics (SPARS-KEN) 2015-2022 is a national cross-sectoral plan whose objective is the establishment of an integrated system for quality agricultural and rural statistics. To this end, SPARS-KEN will cover five subsectors of agriculture: Crops (including Irrigation and inputs), Food Security/Safety/Nutrition; Livestock (including Apiculture); Fisheries (including Marine/Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture); Forestry and Environment/Natural resources (areas related to agriculture); and County Agriculture Statistics and Cross-cutting areas.
Relevant, reliable and up-to-date agricultural statistics that support the design, formulation and implementation of agricultural and rural development policies, will enable informed decision-making that will facilitate the implementation of several objectives such as making agriculture, forestry and fishery more productive and sustainable, reduction of rural poverty, establishment of more inclusive and efficient rural and agricultural systems, and DRR measures.
The performance of the agricultural development policies will also be monitored and evaluated by various indicators developed by the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics in the framework of this policy. In general the Continuous Seasonal Agricultural Surveys (CSAS) shall provide comprehensive information on the structure of agricultural sector. The specific objectives are to: (i) provide data on agricultural holdings disaggregated to County levels; (ii) provide data for use as benchmarks for agricultural statistics; (iv) establish land use and tenure; (v) establish gender roles in agriculture; and (vi) provide data to facilitate monitoring progress in the achievement of national goals. The agricultural data will be made available to a wide spectrum of stakeholders ranging from decision-makers in government, the private sector, academia for research and teaching and the donor community.
Monitoring and evaluation of the SPARS will be entrusted to the Agriculture, Nutrition and Environment Statistics (ANES) Committee and will be on the basis of a Key Performance Indicators established in the Logical Framework Matrix and the Results-Based Logical Framework for monitoring. Comments and recommendations made by the committee will be used to improve the implementation of the plan. An annual activity report will be prepared and distributed in the same way as agricultural statistical data. Resources permitting, a mid-term review in the fourth year of implementation, will be undertaken and an assessment final ex-post in 2022.