Agricultural Sector Plan 2016-2020.Volume 2: Implementation Plan and Monitoring Framework.

This is Volume 2 of the Agricultural Sector Plan 2016-2020 (ASP) and contains the detailed costed implementation plan and monitoring framework which provides a clear indication of the roles and responsibilities of lead agencies and potential sources of funding. In particular, this implementation plan and monitoring framework supplements the governance, institutional and strategic frameworks laid out in Agricultural Sector Plan 2016-2020 - Volume 1. It is intended to guide the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and its partner agencies in the Agricultural Sector Plan (ASP) program delivery, monitoring and evaluation and resource mobilization. It should be used in conjunction with the Volume 1 document, which contains the background, rationale and description of the proposed strategic intervention areas.
The core of the implementation plan is built on 4 consolidated costed action plans to deliver the ASP End of Sector Plan Outcomes (ESPO) together with 4 monitoring frameworks. These action plans include itemized indicative costs to deliver activities leading to the outputs and intermediate outcomes in the ASP strategic policy areas. The plan also indicates the lead and partner agencies who have roles and responsibilities for delivering the specific outputs and potential sources of funding. The implementation plan was developed during the formulation of the ASP in early 2016 when many resource costs are at best indicative; it does not therefore represent a rigid blueprint. Indeed, it shall be regularly reviewed and updated as more information becomes available on resource costs, mobilization, allocation and commitment. It shall also be reviewed and amended following annual reviews of the ASP, particularly if program priorities are adjusted and/or financial resources are either unavailable or additional resources are mobilized. It is intended that MAF and other lead agencies with key roles and responsibilities for implementing the ASP will include in their Corporate/Agency Plans and Operational Plans clear indication of how they will deliver the strategic outputs contributing to ASP intermediate outcomes and ESPOs.
The four Strategic Policy Objectives are as follows: Strategic Policy Objective 1: To ensure a priority focused agriculture sector operating within a stable and coherent enabling policy and legislative framework; Strategic Policy Objective 2: To ensure an increased stable supply and consumption of domestically produced nutritious food products for both rural and urban communities; Strategic Policy Objective 3: To enhance private sector capacity in improving production, productivity, product quality, value adding and marketing; Strategic Policy Objective 4: To strengthen capacities in rural communities, land owners, farmers and fishers to use natural resources in a sustainable way and increase sector resilience to natural disasters and climate change.