Agriculture How much does agriculture contribute to Kenya’s GDP? Source Economic Survey 2020 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer How much does agriculture contribute to Kenya’s GDP? In 2019, the growing of crops, animal production and support activities to agriculture contributed KSh3.15 trillion (32.4% of nominal GDP). If fishing and aquaculture as well as forestry and logging are included, the agriculture, forestry and fishing industry contributed a total of KSh3.33 trilli... Back Full answer
Agriculture What is Kenya’s largest farming sector? Source Economic Survey 2020 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer What is Kenya’s largest farming sector? In 2019, cattle and calves had the largest recorded marketed agricultural production in Kenya at KSh107.35 billion, followed by cut flowers at KSh104.14 billion and tea at KSh104.07 billion. ... Back Full answer
Agriculture How much wheat does Kenya produce and consume? Source Economic Survey 2020 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer How much wheat does Kenya produce and consume? In 2019, Kenya produced 366,000 metric tonnes of wheat, according to the Economic Survey 2020. The country consumed 1,988,000 tonnes of wheat as food. A total of 19,000tonnes were used as seed and 148,000 tonnes had “other” uses. Another 98,000 tonnes were lost. According to provisional... Back Full answer
Agriculture How many farming households are there in Kenya? Source 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Short answer How many farming households are there in Kenya? A total of 6,354,211 Kenyan households practised agriculture, according to the 2019 Population and Housing Census.... Back Full answer
Agriculture Land How much farmland does Kenya have? Source 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Short answer How much farmland does Kenya have? Kenya has 10 million hectares of agricultural land, according to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census. Of this, 8.4 million hectares are mainly used for subsistence farming while 961,501 hectares are mainly used for commercial agriculture. Kajiado county has the most agricultural land (824,8... Back Full answer