Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) is a State Corporation in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development established to develop, regulate and promote the Scheduled Crops value chains in Kenya for increased economic growth. The Authority is the successor to the institutions existing before the commencement of the AFA Act 2013 and the Crops Act 2013. These are the Coconut Development Authority, Coffee Board of Kenya, Horticultural Crops Development Authority, Pyrethrum Board of Kenya, Cotton Development Authority and Sisal Board of Kenya. The Authority Directorates are Coffee Directorate, Food Directorate, Nuts & Oil Crops Directorate, Horticultural Crops Directorate, and Miraa, Pyrethrum, Fibre & Other Industrial Crops Directorate.