The program focuses on increasing the commercialization and competitiveness of agricultural production and agro-processing. The key results include: increasing the export value of selected agricultural commodities, increasing the agricultural sector growth rate, increasing labour productivity in the agro-industry value chain, creating jobs in the agro-industry, and increasing the proportion of households that are food secure. Under this program, the region will focus on the following projects within the period 2020/21 – 2024/25:
- Support to Affordable Mechanization of Agriculture focusing on Coffee, Tea, Banana,
Beef and Milk production. - Establishment of small-scale irrigation systems.
- Establishment of agro-industrial park(s)