EAC strategic interventions
The Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy outlines the strategic interventions identified for the acceleration of agricultural sector development. The following underpin these interventions:
- Improving Food Security
- Accelerating irrigation development
- Strengthening Early Warning Systems
- Strengthening Research, Extension and Training
- Increasing Intra and Inter Regional Trade and Commerce
- Physical Infrastructure and Utilities
The EAC plans to intervene through the following mechanisms:
- Improving Food Security and Accelerating irrigation development by:
- Improving the performance and increase the contribution of agriculture as a major entry point from development
- Increasing availability of water in rain-fed agricultural areas to reduce poverty by increasing food security, high value products and improved incomes of the rural poor
- Strengthening Early Warning Systems and Strengthening Research, Extension and Training by:
- Managing food shortages brought about by frequent droughts and floods
- Increasing agricultural productivity and returns to farmers
- Increasing Intra and Inter Regional Trade and Commerce and Physical Infrastructure and Utilities by:
- Developing an efficient network of physical infrastructure in rural areas to achieve high rates of growth, increasing productivity, trade and cooperation