Mandate
To promote, regulate and facilitate livestock production for socio-economic development and industrialization.
Functions:
- Formulation of county policies and programmes and implementation of specific national policies, programmes and agreements; Fourth Schedule Part 2(1); Fourth Schedule Part 2(10); Fourth Schedule Part 2 (8)
- Enforce national standards and promote development of county livestock production standards in line with national guidelines. Fourth Schedule Part 2(1)
- Develop disaster preparedness, management and mitigation strategies in livestock production in the county; Fourth Schedule Part 2(12)
- Provide extension services in animal husbandry, value addition and community mobilization for livestock development; Fourth Schedule Part 2(1); Fourth Schedule Part 2(14)
- Collaborate and liaise with mandated research centres and set county research agenda; Article 35, Fourth Schedule Part 2 (1).
- Develop and implement relevant guidelines on animal and forage genetic resource, improvement and conservation Fourth Schedule Part 2(1)
- Collect and manage livestock production data and information. Article 35, Fourth Schedule Part 2 (1).
- Enforce national and county legislation on land use planning for Livestock Production. Fourth Schedule Part 2 (10).
- Develop and promote sustainable use of natural resources (including rehabilitation of range lands) for livestock development. Fourth Schedule Part 2 (10).
- Promote commercially oriented livestock production, value addition and marketing Article 35 Fourth Schedule Part 2 (1); Fourth Schedule Part 2 (7).
- Inspect feeding and nutritional value and quality of animal feedstuffs. Article 46 (Delegated from National level)
- Implement regional and international agreements. Fourth Schedule Part 2(1); Fourth Schedule Part 2(10);
- Monitoring and evaluation of livestock production based programmes and projects. Fourth Schedule Part 2(1); Fourth Schedule Part 2(8);
- Promotion of good livestock production practices Fourth Schedule Part 2(1);
- Promotion of livestock organic farming and certification Fourth Schedule Part 2(1); Article 69.
- Building capacity of staff in the sub-counties and wards. Fourth Schedule Part 2(14);
- Livestock identification, registration and performance evaluation. Fourth Schedule Part 2
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