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Agriculture Average Gross Commodity Prices to
Farmers (Selected) prices in Ksh.
Food &
Nutrition Aordable Wheat Coffee
Housing
Security Performance 90 Kg 100 Kg
3,300.40
40,815.54
Overview Beef Tea
100 Kg
100 Kg
the Health 35,904.54 24,732.35
Pork
Sugarcane
Big 20 billion* (KShs) Recorded Marketed Production 2018 100 Kg Tonne
3 ,340.00
22,666.04
Amount allocated to agriculture in the
2018/19 nancial year. With focus on Milk Maize
irrigation, fertiliser subsidy, enhancement 100 litres 90 Kg
3 ,543.00
1 ,978.80
of strategic food reserves, crop insurance 70,829.5M
Manufacturing and diversication. More Pg 24

200,000 hectares 16,192.3M 6.59%%

Agenda Amount of land in major maize and 1 16,547.3M 4.60%
wheat-producing counties aected by Fall
Comprehensive sector summary pages 20-23 Armyworm, on the backfoot of draught and
Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease (MLND) 124,999.0M 35.53%
recovery.
23,185.4M
Kenya: Global Food Security Index 33.13%

42.7 score Figures are from annual baseline model 20.13%

score / 100 Strengths (3) Kenya vs all Index countries
87.4 Food loss GDP($PPP) ----------------------------- 141.1 billion Cereals Flowers Coffee Tea Livestock 0% 100%
86.6 Volatility of agricultural production Population ----------------------------- 47.3 million
76.9 Urban absorption capacity Land Area ----------------------------- 569,140 sq km
Prevalence of undernourishment ----------------------------- 21.2 % Value of fresh horticultural exports increased by 12.3
Challenges (3) Intensity of food deprivation ----------------------------- 135 kcal/person/day per cent to KSh 101.5 billion in 2016 on account of
0 Corruption Human Development Index ----------------------------- 0.55 Rating 0-1 improved prices for horticultural produce in the
1.7 Gross domestic product per capita (US$ PPP) Low ----------------------------- High
12.5 Public expenditure on agricultural R&D international market.

Dairy Produce Livestock Production
Agricultural Training Horticulture Exports 650.3 million 10,944.0
Students enrolment for In 2016, the volume of horticultural
agriculture degree courses in exports increased by 9.4% from 238.7 Amount of milk delivered Total number of livestock
public universities increased by thousand tonnes in 2015 to 261.2 to processing plants in slaughtered in 2016
12.3 per cent from 15,220 students thousand tonnes. Exports of fresh litres in 2016
in 2015 to 17,095 students in 2016. vegetables went up 13.1% to 78.8 Agriculture Inputs

thousand tonnes.

IRRIGATION Agro-Chemicals The sector purchased
Ksh. 57,997.8M total in
5,572.3M

Paddy production declined by agricultural inputs for the
year 2016. Highlighted
12.9% from 116.5 thousand ANIMAL FEEDS inputs include:
tonnes in 2014/15 to 101.5 Vet Supplies
thousand tonnes in 2015/16. Govt zero rated VAT on feeds & raw 4,179.2M Fertilizer
This was precipitated by the materials in 2018/19. KSh 8,628.3m
dry weather conditions. value of purchased manufactured Seeds 13,930.7M

feeds in 2017 or 14.9% of total
12 Agriculture in Kenya Guide - Infomation Booklet & Directory 3,384.9M
agriculture inputs.
Source: Economic Survey 2018, KFSSG/FEWS NET Kenya, The Economist: Global Food Security Index 2018 Agricultureinkenya.com