About NFLC - National Farmers' Leadership Center

The National Farmers’ Leadership Centre (NFLC) is under the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and it was an initiative from the President.

It was set up to lead in Mindset change and Agricultural Leadership training for community transformation.

The training targets farmers, civic and political leaders, extension workers and all other categories of development practitioners.

The Centre is governed by a Steering Committee, chaired by the Permanent Secretary, which provides an advisory role by offering guidance on NFLC policy and strategy, as well as supervising and supporting the Centre. The Steering Committee is accountable to the Minister responsible for Agriculture.

The members of the NFLC Steering Committee are drawn from both the public and private sectors and may include individual experts. They are appointed by the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries and nominated by Ministries or Government agencies. These members are senior officers with extensive knowledge in their fields and diverse experiences, creating a vital link between the NFLC and farmer organizations, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Local Governments, Development Partners, grassroots community leaders, and civil and political leadership.

The Steering Committee oversees the development and approval of a Five-Year Strategic Plan that defines the Centre’s core mandate, programs, and strategic direction to ensure its sustainability. This Strategic Plan aligns the Centre’s activities with the Agriculture Sector Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries, the National Development Plan, and National Vision 2040.

The new NFLC Strategic Plan is currently being developed in alignment with NDP IV, as the existing NFLC Strategic Plan will conclude in the 2025/26 financial year.

MANDATE

To develop capacity of farmer leaders and other practitioners for agricultural transformation.

MISSION

To empower farming communities through mindset change and leadership training and application of appropriate modern agricultural technologies for sustainable development

VISION

A Centre of excellence for mindset change and leadership towards sustainable commercial agriculture

Our Objectives

To transform mindset and empower farmer leaders, civic and political leadership at all levels of governance;

To raise leaders who are role models driven by the spirit of diligent hard work, service, self-reliance and sacrifice

To develop and operate a self-sustaining model farm to demonstrate farming as a business practice.