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Introduction
Horticultural Crops Development Authority (H.C.D.A) is a State Corporation established under the Agriculture Act Cap 318 through a subsidiary legislation in 1967, Legal Notice No. 229/1967. H.C.D.A is the Government’s regulatory agency for the horticultural sub-sector. H.C.D.A aspires to be at the forefront in providing efficient, effective and quality service.
Mandate
The Horticultural Crops Development Authority is mandated to regulate the horticultural industry through licensing and application of rules as prescribed under the Agriculture Act, Cap 318. H.C.D.A also provides advisory and marketing services to the stakeholders in the industry for planning purposes.
Vision
A globally competitive horticulture sector in Kenya
Mission
To Develop, Promote, Facilitate and Co-ordinate growth of a commercially oriented Horticulture industry through appropriate Policies and Technologies to enhance and sustain socio-economic development.
H.C.D.A Quality Policy
H.C.D.A is committed to consistently develop ,promote ,coordinates and facilitates production and marketing of horticultural products to the satisfaction of old stakeholders.We will continually improve the quality of our operations and service delivery to be the centre of excellent both locally and internationally
Objectives
To accelerate the rate of horticultural growth and production, the following broad objectives will be pursued in the sub sector: To facilitate increased production of top quality horticultural produce in order to:
- Meet the rising demand for more food and nutritious diets for the ever-rising population
- Attain food self-sufficiency and security at household, local and national levels
- Provide processors with dependable supply of suitable raw materials
- Meet the increasing demand for top quality produce in the export market
- To earn foreign exchange by diversifying crops grown in suitable agro-ecological zones
- To generate more employment opportunities within the horticultural sub-sector by introducing layout intensive enterprises and use of appropriate technology
- To enhance development in arid and semi-arid areas through horticultural production under irrigation
- To contribute to generation of income and alleviation of poverty
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