The Agriculture Department in the Municipal:
- Participates in provision of extension services in the areas of natural resources management, and rural infrastructural and small scale irrigation in the Municipal;
- Assist in the formulation and implementation of agricultural policy for the Municipal Assembly within the framework of national policies;
- Submit report on the implementation of policies and programmes to the Municipal Assembly;
- Advise the Municipal Assembly on matters related to agricultural development in the Municipal;
- Promote extension services to farmers;
- Assist and participate in on-farm adaptive research;
- Lead the collection of data for analysis on cost effective farming enterprises;
- Participate in the education and enforcement of legislation on fisheries;
- Promote the formation of viable fishermen associations and assist in fish farming;
- Promote soil and water conservation measures by the appropriate agricultural technology;
- Disseminate and adopt improved soil and water conservation methods;
- Promote Agro-Forestry development to reduce the incidence of bush fires;
- Promote an effective and integrated water management;
- Assist and facilitate sustained pasture and forage production and act as out grower to farmers;
- Assist development of animal health services infrastructure;
- Facilitate the development, operation and maintenance of livestock water supplies;
- Assist in developing forage production, ranges and farmlands;
- Encourage improvement in livestock breeds;
- Assist in developing early warning systems on animals diseases;
- Facilitate and encourage vaccination and immunization of livestock and control of animal diseases;
- Advise and encourage crop development through nursery propagation;
- Assist in the development, rehabilitation and maintenance of small scale irrigation schemes;
- Facilitate the assessment of the economic, financial and environmental viability of providing canals;
- Assist the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of fish landing sites;
- Promote Agro-processing and storage;
- Facilitate the development of programmes and the establishment of close linkage between the various sub-sectors in the Municipal;
- Supervise the agricultural extension staff in the field; co-ordinate the systematic and regular training of frontline staff; monitor and evaluate projects; promote investment in agriculture by assisting to identify and prepare pre-feasibility reports;
- Develop proposal writing capacity at the district level; facilitate capacity building at the district level through training, workshops and other related activities; and assist to supervise projects planned, designed and implement centrally.