The Land Commercialization Initiative (LCI) is a project spearheaded by the Government of Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD), aimed at implementing large-scale agricultural commercialization by opening up underutilized state-owned land to the private sector.
This initiative, operating under pillar four of the Agricultural Sector Growth and Transformation Strategy (ASTGS 2019-2029) that aims to avail underutilized state-owned land for large-scale agricultural commercialization, is part of the broader strategy to boost national food production and agro-processing across multiple value chains.
To unlock – 50 large farms (<2,500 acres each) with – over *150,000 acres to be put under crop production in line with (ASTGS 2019 – 2029).
Convert at least 500,000 acres of underutilized land into productive land
Attract Kshs. 65 billion in private investment
Enhance food production and reduce staple deficit by at least 50%
Create 1.1 million jobs and promote value addition along key value chains
Convert at least 500,000 acres of underutilized land into productive land
Attract Kshs. 65 billion in private investment
Enhance food production and reduce staple deficit by at least 50%
Create 1.1 million jobs and promote value addition along key value chains
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