What We Do - Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water And Rural Development

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, MECHANISATION & WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

Functions

The functions of the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation & Water Resources Development are to:

Develop, review, and implement viable agricultural and water
Develop strategies to boost production and productivity of food and non-food agricultural products for self-sufficiency, food security, economic growth as well as for export growth and development.
Design strategies and guidelines for the implementation of enterprise or industry specific policy objectives in the agricultural
Provide agricultural engineering, mechanisation and irrigation services to the agricultural sector.
Identify and develop effective markets and marketing systems for agricultural
Coordinate and mainstream implementation of regional and international treaties, protocols, agreements and standards into our national
Provide leadership in the advocacy and awareness of agriculture and water
Facilitate and coordinate capacity development in agriculture and water
Participate in the development and implementation of SADC and other regional and international organisations’ water resource, pests and diseases management
Manage and administer land and water
Conduct national mapping and cadastral
Provide leadership and oversight on the operations of parastatals in the
Provide leadership in the advocacy and awareness of gender mainstreaming, inclusivity and wellness issues.

1. Assuring the nation of perennial food security, away from episodic and weather-depended food security;
2.Reducing and eventually eliminating imports, through localisation of value chains;
3. Diversifying and increasing exports;
4. Enhancing value addition and beneficiation;
5.Increasing employment creation and;
6.Uplifting rural livelihoods, leaving no one and no place behind.

The Ministry, and its Departments and Parastatals, are responsible for administering a total of 42 Acts.