Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project (KAPAP) and the Technical University of Kenya (TUK) Entrepreneurship and Business Plan Development Training Report, September 2015
Abstract
Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project (KAPAP) is one of the government's initiatives to implement the Agriculture Sector Development Strategy (ASDS) and is designed around the key pillars of the ASDS. KAPAP aims to consolidate and up-scale the achievements in the sector and in addition support agribusiness development. The project's development objective is to increase agricultural productivity and incomes of participating smallholder farmers in the Project area. The project is implemented in 20 areas namely Kilifi, Kwale, Tana River, Taita Taveta, Garissa,Wajir, Makueni, Embu, Meru, Nyeri, Nakuru, Nyandarua, Siaya, Busia, Homabay, Butere-Mumias, Gucha, Kakamega, Trans Nzoia and West Pokot. The project areas include 27 counties in Mombasa, Nyeri, Nakuru and Kisumu Regions.
KAPAP also supports the implementation of the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) Policy which provides a National framework that fosters effective collaboration among a broad range of individuals and organizations in order to contribute to the national agricultural knowledge and innovation system. It is committed towards mobilizing resources in order to continue building capacity of farmers, youth, farmer organizations (cooperatives and groups) and stakeholders across different agricultural value chains to entrench agribusiness so that farming becomes a viable business enterprise across the board. This background culminated into collaborative efforts between KAPAP and Technical University of Kenya (TUK) to develop a market driven curricular in Entrepreneurship and Business planning to build the capacity of service providers who deal directly with farmers.
Key Words: Productivity, Agribusiness, Project, government's initiatives, Agriculture Development, Strategy
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