National Rice Development Strategy 2008-2018

Abstract

This strategy sets the vision, mission, objectives and strategies that Ministry will pursue in ten years with the aim of facilitating growth and development of the rice sub-sector. It will form the basis of which work plans will be formulated at national functional units and individual levels. The NRDS will also be an instrument of bidding for resources at the national, international and from private sector investors. The NRDS sets out the contribution of the Ministry to the implementation of the Strategy for enhancing rice production, processing and marketing. In this regard cognizance has been taken of the new organizational structure that has been agreed upon and designed to meet the challenges of expanding rice production for food security and wealth creation. The process of preparing the plan has been one of the participatory consultations between the Ministry of Agriculture and other stakeholder institutions on rice development. Account has been taken of the past policies on rice and various government strategies aimed at the development of the agricultural sector and the economy and food security as a whole.