Technical Advisory Services
Our Technical Advisory Services Department service is executed by a specialized external stakeholder support department that provides technical expertise and advisory services to support the agricultural production and sustainability of the Nuts & Oil Crops subsector.
The primary objective of TAS is to provide agricultural advisory services to farmers, extension workers, and other stakeholders in the Nuts & Oil Crops subsector.
TAS plays a crucial role in promoting sustainable agricultural production and improving the livelihoods of the subsector farmers. Our objective is to develop scheduled nuts and oil crops namely; coconut, macadamia, cashew, sunflower, oil palm, simsim, peanuts, bambara nuts, canola, linseed, jojoba.
Services
- Build the capacity of County Governments and other value chain players on good agricultural practices in nuts and oil crops through farm demonstrations, field days, agricultural shows, farm visits;
- Develop, review and avail technical materials on production technologies (Hand books, booklets, pictorials, charts, and brochures, etc.) for nuts and oil crops;
- Collect, collate data and maintain the database on production of nuts and oil crops;
- Advise various research institutions on research priorities in nuts and oil crops production.
- Disseminate research findings and new production technologies
- Support value chain players to access high quality farm inputs.