Agricultural Strategic plan - Kilimo

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - PRINCIPAL SECRETARYThe implementation of MALE’s policies and programmes such as Agricultural Sector Policy,Agricultural Strategic Plan, Forestry Policy and Environmental Policies, and Food SecurityPolicy calls for an integrated efforts; Whereby, each policy, programme/project should matchwith and reflect on broad national plan and programmes such Vision 2020, MKUZA and theMillennium Development Goals (MDGs). More importantly our Ministry programmes/projectsobjectives should reflect and be a part of implementation of the CCM Manifesto for 2005-2010).The current MALE setup reflects its ability and willingness to deal with these new challenges.We will do this through establishment of proper training programme to make our staff capable ofcoping with emerging opportunities and challenges including the increasing complexity inplanning and implementation of donor funded projects and programme.In Zanzibar context, Agriculture Sector has higher growth elasticity of poverty reduction and thusany effort aiming to reduce rural poverty should involve considerable improvement of this sector.As such, our performance will be gauged based not just on the number and scope of developmentprojects we have, but more importantly on how we have managed to help our client to reducepoverty using their available resources on farming, fishing and other production activities relatedto agricultural sectors, this makes the core of responsibilities that we have been entrusted to fulfilland we must show that we are up for this task. As this being the case, the three years StrategicPlan have been prepared to set a clear focus in planning, budgeting, implementing and evaluatingour activities.I wish to thank every one who in one way or another helped in preparation of this Plan. I wouldalso like to urge every stakeholder to join hands in implementation of this SP. I strongly keep onrelying on all MALE’s staff to continue keeping their promises and accomplish their obligationsaccordingly. Let us all pull our effort together towards achievement of our common objectives.Rahma M. MshangamaPRINCIPAL SECRETARYMINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, AND ENVIRONMENTZANZIBAR4