This study surveys the information requirements of agricultural experts in MoA, Kenya.rnSpecifically, to assess the information needs; to find out the extent to which these needs arernmet; to establish from where the experts obtain information; to assess the information seekingrnbehavior of agriculturists; to find out the problems encountered by the experts when seekingrninformation and to offer suggestions towards effective information delivery to thernagriculturists based on the survey results.Agriculture information plays a very important function in agricultural management.rnRegardless of this fact, the currently existing agricultural information systems within Ministryrnof Agriculture do not fully perform their vital role in agricultural management, as it isrnbelieved to. In particular, the Library Information Services (LIS) has failed to providerninformation to its users; the library is disseminating outdated information, relied onrninfrequently revised monographs at the expense of current sources of informationrn(Kampuchea, 1998). The available information is ineffectively disseminated; therefore, therernis a need to improve linkage between agricultural information and agricultural management,rnin view of the fact that the current paradigm is to set up agricultural information systems thatrntie the users to the information resources.A survey, usmg a semi-structured questionnaire was used to gather data. Seventy-sixrnagricultural experts were sampled using stratified and purpose sampling techniques. Therndata was analyzed by use of descriptive statistics The study revealed that the experts' information needs were greatly influenced by the naturernof the work they do, and the information needs in tum influences their information seeking habits. The agricultural experts have placed high importance on teclmical, market, and socioeconomicrninformation. They rely on informal sources of information such as colleagues.rnThey do not rely on library collections to satisfy their information needs. It was noted thatrncard catalogue as an information retrieval tool is still dominant in the MoA libraries. Limitingrnfactors to effective use of agricultural information by the experts was mainly due to the factrnthat the information sources are scattered at different locations. To address the problem of information sources scattered at different places within MoA andrnoutside sources, a Ready Reference database system for MoA was proposed, designed and arnprototype developed. The objective of the proposed database system is to direct users tornsources of information that satisfy their information needs. It was also recommended that:rnSelective dissemination of information should be a major component of agriculturalrninformation services, teaching of information seeking skills, formulation of an agriculturalrninformation policy, management support, modernization of the MoA information services,rnfuture studies to consider applying other data-gathering techniques like interviewing,rnobserving the businesses of MoA in operation and examining documents in particular thosernused to record or display information among others.