The Department of Agriculture shall:

• participate in provision of extension services in the areas of natural resources management, and rural infrastructural and small scale irrigation in the Municipality;
• assist in the formulation and implementation of agricultural policy for the Municipal Assembly within the framework of national policies;
• submit report on the implementation of policies and programmes to the Municipal Assembly;
• advise the Municipal Assembly on matters related to agricultural development in the Municipality;
• promote extension services to farmers;
• assist and participate in on-farm adaptive research;
• lead the collection of data for analysis on cost effective farming enterprises;
• participate in the education and enforcement of legislation on fisheries;
• promote the formation of viable fishermen associations and assist in fish farming;
• promote soil and water conservation measures by the appropriate agricultural technology;
• disseminate and adopt improved soil and water conservation methods;
• promote agro-forestry development to reduce the incidence of bush fires;
• promote an effective and integrated water management;
• assist and facilitate sustained pasture and forage production and act as out grower to farmers;
• assist development of animal health services infrastructure;
• facilitate the development, operation and maintenance of livestock water supplies;
• assist in developing forage production, ranges and farmlands;
• encourage improvement in livestock breeds;
• assist in developing early warning systems on animals diseases;
• facilitate and encourage vaccination and immunization of livestock and control of animal diseases;
• advise and encourage crop development through nursery propagation;
• assist in the development, rehabilitation and maintenance of small scale irrigation schemes;
• facilitate the assessment of the economic, financial and environmental viability of providing canals;
• assist the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of fish landing sites;
• promote agro-processing and storage; facilitate the development of programmes and the establishment of close linkage between the various sub-sectors in the district; supervise the agricultural extension staff in the field; co-ordinate the systematic and regular training of frontline staff; monitor and evaluate projects; promote investment in agriculture by assisting to identify and prepare pre-feasibility reports; develop proposal writing capacity at the district level; facilitate capacity building at the district level through training, workshops and other related activities; and assist to supervise projects planned, designed and implement centrally.