A national strategy for agricultural education is currently being developed in Kenya. With the support of GIZ’s ATVET project, reform measures of TVET in the agricultural sector are being developed in close cooperation with major stakeholders, such as farmer associations, training providers, development partners, government institutions and the private sector.

A training needs analysis was conducted for agriculture related industries and value chain role players in the horticulture, dairy and aquaculture subsectors. 

Capacity-building through pilot training of the trainers has been conducted, based on the occupational standards, curricula and training material developed. It includes areas such as contract farming, value chain development, good agricultural practices and aquaculture.

Several public and private training centres and institutions have started pilot training on the developed curricula. These institutions include the Dairy Training Institute, the Bukura Agricultural College, several polytechnics in the counties, the Kenya School of Agriculture (public), Baraka Agricultural College and Faraja Latia Resource Centre (private). 

In 2015, 416 trainers underwent training in the following areas: Contract farming - 30 participants; Value chain development -60 participants; Good agricultural practices - 40 participants; Cage farming in aquaculture -10 participants; Competency-based education and training (CBET) methodology - 276 participants;

In total, 318 farmers have been trained in the following areas:  Agripreneurship training by Faraja Latia (A resource center providing agribusiness agripreneurship related training) - 80 participants;  Vegetable processing by Kenya School of Agriculture - 25 participants;  Fodder production and conservation and dairy milk quality control and processing by the Dairy Training Institute - 30 participants;  Dairy and horticulture modules in Kakamega County in Western Kenya -100 youth); Dairy production and processing skills in Bungoma County - 58 participants.