Agricultural sector contributes about 29.1% of the GDP, 65.5% of the employment,65% of the raw material to the industries and 30% of export earnings. The Agricultural Sector Development Programme Phase Two (ASDP II) has been developed to propel thecountry’s economic development.The programme addresses critical constraints and challenges to sector performance and raise up agriculture GDP, improve growth of smallholder incomes and ensure foodsecurity by 2025. The growth of agriculture is hampered by low productivity of land and labor mainly caused by: (i) poor production techniques; (ii) underdeveloped markets,market infrastructure and farm-level value addition; (iii) poor rural infrastructure, including rural roads, telecommunications and electricity; and (iv) inadequate agricultural finance,including public expenditure. ASDP II is planned to be implemented for ten years starting from the year 2017/18 to 2027/28 and will be implemented into two phases of five years each, the first starting from the year 2017/2018
The programme addresses critical constraints and challenges to sector performance and raise up agriculture GDP, improve growth of smallholder incomes and ensure food security by 2025. The growth of agriculture is hampered by low productivity of land andlabor mainly caused by: (i) poor production techniques; (ii) underdeveloped markets, market infrastructure and farm-level value addition; (iii) poor rural infrastructure, includingrural roads, telecommunications and electricity; and (iv) inadequate agricultural finance, including public expenditure. ASDP II is planned to be implemented for ten years starting from the year 2017/18 to 2027/28 and will be implemented into two phases of five years each, the first starting from the year 2017/2018.
The Programme Development Objective (PDO) of ASDP II is to transform the agricultural sector (crops, livestock & fisheries) towards higher productivity, commercialization level and smallholder farmer income for improved livelihood, food security and nutrition. To achieve the PDO, the ASDP II has four main components which includes sustainable water and land use, increased productivity and profitability, commercialization and value addition and creating of conducive environment for development of agricultural sector.
For easy and effective implementation of ASDP II, Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in collaboration with all agricultural stakeholders formulated the Programme Implementation Manual (PIM) to provide a detailed information on programme coordination, management and implementation arrangement. PIM is a tool designed to guide implementers to consistently move from the ASDP II plan to reality, trying to provide answers of how, when, by whom and at what cost the planned interventions will be realized.
