Deal #6827

The phased implementation of the project comprises of 10,000-acre model farm as phase I, followed by 400,000-acre farm as phase II.There is a land use plan to guide sustainable utilization of natural resources. The main land uses are urban and agriculture. The agricultural production enterprises include: maize and field crops (153,540 acres), sugarcane (177,136 acres), fruit trees orchards (74,646 acres), horticulture (42,817 acres); beef ranching (349,085 acres), dairy (4,703 acres), fish and poultry (9,577 acres), apiculture (4,611 acres).

One of the project's intended results is to bring down the price of Kenya's staple food (Maize). The project consists of various proposed enterprises including maize, cotton, sugarcane, horticulture and orchards, dairy and beef ranching, fisheries, tourism and recreation, processing industries and human settlement.

Construction started in September 2014. The Government is reviewing the Galana Kulalu irrigation scheme in 2018 due to poor performance and yields obtained. The project has experienced severe delays in the development and poor performance of yields. Green Arava accused the government of failing the project as National Irrigation Board did not make the necessary payments. In 2018, the government was looking for private investors to assist in the project. The current implementation status of the project is 85% for the implementation of the irrigation infrastructure and 51% for the overall irrigation area achieved