## 10.3 Farmers’ roles 

10.3.1 Farmers shall on a monthly basis keep a record of production data such as the number of animals reared, births, deaths, sales etc . 

10.3.2 Farmers shall be responsible for maintenance of their projects. 

10.3.3 In cases where the farmer has been given a grant to drill a borehole, he/she or designated representative shall be present during the drilling process to certify that in deed the borehole has been drilled. 

## 11.0 LIMID Committees 

There shall be three committees which will evaluate applications. These are District Economic Development Committee, Ministry LIMID Committee and Appeals Committee. The functions of these committees are presented below. 

## 11.1 District Economic Development Committee 

This committee will vet and adjudicate applications for resource-poor, animal husbandry and fodder support packages i.e. low cost packages. District Economic Development Committee will also evaluate applications for water development and poultry abattoirs then forward them to Ministry LIMID Committee for approval or rejection. 

## 11.2 Ministry LIMID Committee 

This committee vets and adjudicates applications for poultry abbatoirs and water development. It comprises six members from DAP (smallstock, poultry, Project Coordination sections), and DABP and Department of Veterinary Services(DVS). The Ministry LIMID Committee is chaired by the Deputy Director of Animal Production. DAP is the secretariat. 

## 11.3 Appeals Committee 

The Appeals Committee considers and adjudicates appeals from applicants whose applications were rejected by the lower Committees. The Appeals Committee comprises Heads of Divisions (Livestok Services, Ruminants, Non-Ruminants and Project Development and Support Services) and two represntatives from DVS and DABP. The Committee is chaired by the Director of Animal Production and DAP is the secretariat. Applicants that are not satisfied with the decisions of the Appeals 

