By Post-Courier
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THE Department of Agriculture and Livestock(DAL) launched its corporate plan 2024-2028 marking a significant step to realise the government’s goals in the sector.
The corporate plan was launched by Minister for Agriculture John Boito, Minister for Livestock Seki Agisa, DAL Secretary Dr Sergie Bang, and Minister for Oil Palm Francis Maneke this week.
The corporate plan has been developed to align with the government’s priorities, reflected in the MTDP IV’s Strategic Priority Areas and the National Agricultural Sector Plan (NASP) and the Agricultural Priority Areas through the corporate objectives and its proposals for structural changes.
The corporate plan has six predominant objectives, followed by 13 corporate objectives with the key reserve areas and 61 strategies.
Its objectives reflect DAL’s key focus and reserve areas aimed to produce desired results in relation to the department’s corporate objectives.
The 61 strategies act as guidelines for the department and its stakeholders on how best will deliver on achieving the KRAs.
Dr Bang, upon reading the components of the corporate plan stated: “The department will implement the corporate plan over the set period from 2024-28 while having periodical reviews and reporting consistent with our monitoring and evaluation and our reporting requirements.”
“The corporate plan also focuses on the department’s primary functional roles in the sector for sector coordination, overarching policy development and overarching sector monitoring and evaluation,” he said.
Mr Boito said policies like NASP, MTDP and now corporate plan are strategies that chart way forward, but the desirable end lies in results, as he urged DAL’s Secretary and the department for the real results.
“For too long, our agriculture and livestock sector has been dominated by policy write-ups, endless lounges, and well-written plans that have not always translated into results.
“Tonight, I want to state clearly that the corporate plan must be about results.”
He added that the corporate plan must create impacts for people to see, touch, and feel.
“The time for writing plans has passed. The time for implementation and results is now.
“Now we have to reset for another 50 years to come.
“The corporate plan sets a new direction, creating a conducive environment for private sector growth and investment. Government alone cannot achieve transformation,” he said.
