🌱 Agriculture & Food Security
Agriculture and FoodDelivery pillar as defined by the Government Delivery Unit. PDU groups the publisher's reported outputs and outcomes under it so that each one keeps the heading it was published beneath.
Reported outputs
- Implemented livestock industry insurance policies protecting farmers, herders, and processors
- 571,343 additional Tropical Livestock Units (TLUs) insured under the DRIVE Project (2022–2025)
- TLUs insured rose from 78,175 to 649,518 — a 730% increase
- 67% reduction in fertilizer price — from KSh 7,000 to KES 2,500
- 70%+ increase in maize production (44M → 75M+ bags)
- 24.5% reduction in average maize price per 90kg bag (KES 4,729 → 3,569)
- GMR for milk: KES 37 → KES 50 per litre (35% increase)
- 32% increase in tea earnings: KES 138 billion → KES 181.7 billion
- 13% increase in milk production (4.6B → 5.2B litres)
- 92% increase in dairy export value (KES 4.9B → 9.4B)
- 45% increase in meat export value (KES 8.9B → 12.9B)
- 7.1 million+ farmers registered on digital platforms (KIAMIS, E-voucher system)
- 53.6 million E-vouchers issued to farmers
- 7,200 agripreneurs hired across 33 counties
- Capacity building for ToTs in 13 coffee-growing counties
- 294 MSMEs trained on specialty tea value addition in collaboration with the Tea Board
- 1,424 stakeholders trained across 205 slaughterhouses
- 70%+ increase in maize production (44M → 75M+ bags)
- 70%+ reduction in maize imports
- 32% increase in tea earnings (KES 138B → 181.7B)
- 92% increase in dairy export value (KES 4.9B → 9.4B)
- 29% increase in meat export quantities (14,985 → 19,328 MT)
- 33% reduction in export of live animals (15,856 → 10,879)
- Leather and Leather Products value chain mapping completed across 22 counties
- KIE disbursed KES 1.52B to priority value chains including building materials (KES 904M) and textiles (KES 195M)
Reported outcomes
- 1.6 million pastoralists across 21 ASAL Counties now protected against droughts, disease, and price instability
- Improved access to finance encouraging greater investment in livestock farming
- Strengthened food security and sustainable agricultural development
- Fertilizer subsidy has reduced production costs, making farming more profitable
- Reduction in maize price has improved food security and income stability
- Income guarantees give farmers predictable earnings, buffering against market fluctuations
- Increased dairy and meat chain productivity has improved farmer livelihoods
- Farmers now access best practices and high-yield techniques through digital platforms and agripreneurs
- Extension services reaching farmers directly in the field, improving productivity
- Reduced dependence on imports and movement toward maize surplus production
- Increased foreign exchange earnings from agri-exports
- More value captured locally rather than exported raw
- Employment opportunities created across rural value chains
Recorded as related outcomes. PDU does not treat them as caused by the outputs above unless a source establishes that.