INFLUENCE OF POLICY EVOLUTION ON AGRICULTURE PROJECT PERFORMANCE IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY
Abstract
Kakamega is known to be an agriculture hub in Kenya with one of the country’s main cash crop grown in the region. With recent policy trends in managerial, political, financial and otherwise, the county’s agricultural sectors projects performance is on a decline which has detrimental effects on entire agricultural sector due to poor management strategies. This has resulted in a fall out of some agriculture industries such as the sugarcane industry. A look at the evolving agricultural policies in relations to agriculture project performance in Kakamega suggested significance impacts of the strategic policies on overall agriculture projects performance. An analysis of data from sector stakeholders revealed positive correlation between policy evolution in agriculture and overall agriculture performance. This positively influences the performance of agriculture projects which in turn calls for stringent policy advocacy measures to guide project management in the sector. The information gathered from this research was insightful for strategic planning of most agricultural projects in the county and help in strategizing on implementation of agriculture projects.
Key words: Policy Evolution, Agriculture, Project Performance, Donor Funding
CITATION: Oriama, S. O., & Oriama, R. A. (2019). Influence of policy evolution on agriculture project performance in Kakamega County. A case of Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (4), 1517 – 1521.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.61426/sjbcm.v6i4.1484
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