Agricultural Technology Development Centers
ATDC's
Ministry Development Agencies (MDA's) in the Agricultural Engineering Services Directorate
State Department for Crops Development
Ministry of Agriculture - GOK
Agricultural Technology Development Centers (ATDC) are GOK Ministry Department and Agencies (MDA) domiciled in the Engineering Services Directorate, State Department for Crops Development and Agricultural Research, Ministry of Agriculture. Comprising of 10 centers/stations spread out across 10 locations in the Country, ATDCs are of strategic value to National Development, offering Agricultural Engineering Services to the public and counties within their mandate. Some of the core services offered by the stations include the development, validation, promotion, and up-scaling of Agricultural Engineering Technologies in their mandate areas; incubation of Agri- business SMEs across targeted agricultural value chains; Climate change mitigation and Adaption through appropriate technology development and design of climate resilient agricultural infrastructures; and capacity building counties in Agricultural Engineering projects.
History of ATDC stations
ATDCs have had national importance in Technology promotion since independence. Then, they were called Rural Technology Development Units (RDUs)
After the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution, Agriculture was devolved, and RDUs evolved into Agricultural Technology Development Centers (ATDCs)
In line with the Government Agenda on Food Security, through promotion of Agri-bussiness SMEs and Climate Change resilient agriculture, the mandate of ATDCs expanded to include Technology promotion and development, Agri-bussiness SME incubation, Climate Smart Agriculture promotion, and capacity-building of counties in Agricultural Engineering projects
ATDCs are the only National Government stations from the Ministry of Agriculture with a presence across the 47 counties. Manned by 10 Center Engineers/Station Manaagers, each station serves 2-5 counties to collectively cover all the 47 counties
Top Leadership
Engineering Secretary
All ATDC stations in Kenya report to the Agricultural Engineering Services Directorate, State Department for Crops Development, headed by the Engineering Sectretary, Eng. Richard Kanui.
Chief Engineer
A Center Engineer/Station Manager heads each of the 10 ATDC Stations in Kenya. The Center Engineers report to the Chief Engineer Mechanization in the Engineering Services Directorate, Eng. Laban Kiplagat
Perfomance Statistics
Stations Across the Country to cover all 47 counties in Kenya
Established Technologies per year across different value chains in the country
Projects Managed by ATDC Engineers in the Counties annually
Professional Engineers, Food Scientists & Technicians accessible at the Stations
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