Non-Governmental Organizations’ Interventions Influencing Performance of Agricultural Projects in Webuye West Sub-County, Bungoma County, Kenya

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of NGO intervention approaches on the performance of agricultural projects in Bungoma County. The specific objectives of the study were to establish the influence of the various NGO interventions of funding, capacity building, market orientation, and social campaigns and how these influenced the performance of agricultural projects in Bungoma County. This study was guided by the poverty caused by economic, political, and social distortions or discrimination theory and the culture of poverty theory that argues that poverty is either attributed to the individuals’ culture and set of beliefs or the social structure and distortions that hinder and prevent the poor from escaping poverty causing them to sink further into poverty. A descriptive survey research design was applied to establish and describe the association, link, and relationship between NGO’s interventions and the performance of agricultural projects. This study targeted 310 small-scale farmers from the Webuye West sub- county of Bungoma County and 15 project officers and managers affiliated with NGO initiatives and projects. 175 respondents were drawn from the target population of small-scale farmers using random sampling techniques, and all were interviewed. Survey questionnaires and KIIs were the main data collection tools, given that they were easier to administer. Data was cleaned and formatted, and analysis was conducted using SPSS version 25 software. The results show that NGO funding interventions negatively influence the performance of agricultural projects even though the influence is not significant (α = −0.075, p-value > 0.05). Capacity-building initiatives by the NGOs have a positive influence (α = 0.496, p-value