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The mandate of AIN is specifically to

Our Roles

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Offer support to Business Member Organizations (BMOs) to initiate or engage in Private-Public dialogue and advocacy on policy and legislative issues affecting the agricultural sector in order to improve the agricultural investment climate. This is achieved through consultations, negotiations, newsletters and journals, and advocacy meetings, conferences, workshops, and seminars with members, policy makers and industry regulators.

2

Offer a collaboration platform for BMOs to exchange ideas, good practice and lessons learnt iii) Represent, consult or negotiate with BMOs to build mutual understanding and consensus position on cross-cutting policy, legislative, and regulatory issues that impact agricultural sector investment climate, productivity and growth

3

Represent, negotiate and render advocacy dialogue and consultations on policy and legislative issues that impact the agricultural sector investment climate, productivity and growth

4

Organize business promotion and networking opportunities for BMOs to establish and extend both local and foreign markets agri-business linkages, and expand their operational space

5

Collaborate and enter into Memorandum of Understanding and partnerships with BMOs, private sector, Non-Governmental Organizations, National and County Governments

6

Interpret and sensitize BMOs on regional and international treaties, obligations or commitments signed by government

7

Organize or advocate for capacity building of BMOs to improve competitiveness in the local and external business arena

8

Monitor local and external business environment to identify and support advocacy and capacity building priority areas to support business development 

9

Interpret regional and international treaties and sensitize BMOs on implications and obligations of national, regional and international treaties entered by government.

10

Engage in the promotion of agribusiness, credit, trade and market opportunities for the benefit of the members

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Organize and advocate for capacity building of BMOs to improve competitiveness in the local and external business arena and improve their governance, financial base

12

Monitor local and external business environment to support advocacy agenda and capacity building on priority areas to support business development

13

Establish or create collaboration linkages between BMOs, agricultural sector companies, local and international colleges, universities, libraries and research institutions

14

Conduct periodic consultations negotiations with policy makers for favorable investment environment for industry actors

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Conduct research on cross cutting issues affecting the agricultural sector to support advocacy agendas and business improvement

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Arrange and participate in meetings, workshops, trainings, seminars, conferences

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Promote and participate in execution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in respect to infrastructure, agriculture, education, health and environmental protection

Our Services

Policy Advocacy

Advocacy on legislative and policy issues affecting the Agricultural Sector

Membership Services

Provinding support through lobbing the Government on respective sector matters

Direct Technical Assistance

Assistance programs that are highly effective in helping small holder farmers improve their agronomics skills and access to markets