Responsible for the promotion of crop production, as well as promoting improved human nutrition. The department’s major activity is to provide an agricultural extension service that advises farmers on improved farming systems and technologies that will assure increased productivity and improve their standards of living.
MANDATE
The department as its mandate has programs and activities that are centered around the promotion of a sustainable agriculture production, conservation tillage system and home economics for the sustainable utilization of natural resources and the capacity building of farmers through the extension service for improved crop productivity and reduced food insecurity.
The department of agriculture is composed of the following sections:
- Extension Services
- Fisheries Development
- Home Economics
- Soil Testing
- Crop Promotion
- Mechanization
- Seed quality control
- Mushroom