About NISIP
The NISIP provides a strategic blueprint for Government and private investments in the form of five complementary development pathways. The implementation and financing modalities are then formulated in a five-year investment plan. The NISIP pathways respond to the irrigation priorities and activities described in the National Irrigation Services Strategy (NISS) and further support the value-chain development objectives in BETA and the Agricultural Sector Transformation Strategy (ASTGS).
The NISIP investment pathways aim to promote, harmonize, and optimize irrigation spending. Multiple financing sources, funder interest areas, and regional and local initiatives with different timelines can be coordinated and aligned to maximize complementary.
Key features and targets of the five NISIP investment pathways
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Irrigation Investment Areas |
Characteristic features |
Irrigation Expansion |
Optimized agricultural water use |
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1 FARMER-LED IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT Facilitate rapid micro-irrigation expansion at a large scale |
GOAL: Facilitate irrigation uptake by individuals and small groups of farmers on 0.5 ha to 2 ha, with a market-oriented farming agenda. · Government drives awareness and incentivizes technology uptake. · Farmers decide, own, operate and manage the systems themselves · Suppliers and financing institutions provide the essential services. · Capital costs are funded mostly or entirely by farmers. |
250,000 acres
(equiv. 100,000 hectares)
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2 PUBLIC SCHEMES’ PERFORMANCE Achieve high-performing service delivery on public schemes |
GOAL: Improve governance, management, and technology to achieve operational and financial sustainability through high-performance irrigation service delivery. · Performance is reflected by adequate, reliable, equitable, and affordable water, in a sustainable ecological balance. · Early warning data and crisis preparedness · Formalized and optimized irrigation-water services to farmers on Government schemes (National and County owned and managed). · Irrigation service fees cover operations and maintenance costs. |
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50,000 acres
(equiv. 20,000 hectares)
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3 CORPORATE AGRIBUSINESS Scale-up corporate and commercial investments in irrigated Agriculture |
GOAL: Promote commercially oriented irrigation projects undertaken independently by the Private Parties, or jointly with Government and Communities. · Secure access to land and infrastructure for private investment. · Streamlined channels and multi-line ministry coordination of initiatives. · Transparent and predictable environment for business transaction. · Co-funding by multiple stakeholders. · Mechanized farming and technology transfer. |
250,000 acres
(equiv. 100,000 hectares)
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4 REVITALIZED IRRIGATION IN ASALs Ensure food and fodder production in vulnerable pastoralist communities
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GOAL: Provide adequate, reliable, and safe-quality water to support irrigation development in ASAL regions. · Small and medium blue-water storage investments for new irrigation schemes. · Flood-spate irrigation for fodder production. · In-situ water harvesting and infiltration methods for grazing enhancement. · Access to groundwater and managed aquifer recharge and enhanced natural aquifer recharge. |
125,000 acres
(equiv. 50,000 hectares)
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250,000 acres
(equiv. 100,000 hectares)
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5 COMMUNITY SCHEME RESILIENCE Enhance community-based irrigation for maximum benefits |
GOAL: Strengthen community irrigation scheme management and production through an integrated organizational and agricultural enterprise development effort. · End to end approach responsive to priority organizational and agricultural enterprise support needs. · County Government and CIDUs lead the interventions. · Co-financing of infrastructure improvements by farmers. · Operations and maintenance costs covered by farmers. · Early warning data and crisis preparedness, flood-risk mapping |
125,000 acres
(equiv. 50,000 hectares)
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250,000 acres
(equiv. 100,000 hectares)
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