Abstract:
:-This paper sought to establish the role of
organizational capacity factors and technological practices in
implementation of food security projects in Hamisi Sub-County,
Vihiga County, Kenya. Specific objectives of the study were to
establish the extent to which institutional capacity and
technological practices influence implementation of food security
projects in Hamisi Sub-County. A descriptive survey design was
adopted for the study .The study was conducted in all the 24
producer groups in the sub-County. Questionnaires and
interview guides were used as main data collection instruments.
Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used in the
analysis process. The results showed that institutional capacity
and technological practices influenced the successful
implementation of the projects in the sub-County to a great
extent. It was further noted that institutional capacity has a very
strong significant correlation with successful implementation of
food security initiatives in the sub-County. In regard to
technological practices, it was further established that they had a
very strong significant correlation with the successful
implementation of food security initiatives. The results show that
most of the efforts were failing due to poor institutional capacity
factors and also low application of targeted technological
applications aimed at driving these projects to success. It is
therefore recommended that success in food security initiatives
depend on institutional capacity and application of effective
technological practices. Key stakeholders should endeavor to
strengthen the above factors for effective implementation of
these initiatives in the study area.
