The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) is a State Corporation established under section 3 of the AFA Act No.13 of 2013. The mandate of AFA is to regulate the crops sector in Kenya, to ensure compliance with the regulatory framework, standards, and codes of practice. As a regulator, it fosters a thriving competitive environment where innovation, technological progress, order and quality flourish, for sustainable economic growth. The AFA Act provides for consolidation of the Laws on the regulation and promotion of Agriculture generally and makes provision for the respective roles of National and County Government in Agriculture and related matters in furtherance of the relevant provision of the fourth schedule of the constitution.