05 / Agriculture
Agriculture
Subsidised fertiliser and farm inputs have pushed production up across staple crops, while prices for consumers have started to fall.
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Agriculture
34M bags
Maize production, 2022
~67M bags
Maize production today
KSh 2,000
Fertiliser price, from KSh 7,000
21.3M bags
Fertiliser disbursed, from 1.4M bags
KSh 120–160
Coffee price per kg, from KSh 30–70
KSh 165
Price of 2kg maize flour, from KSh 250
Key Achievements
- Government meets 50% of the cost of certified maize seed
- Several state-owned sugar factories revived
- Milk production up to 5,521.1 million litres from 4,604.3 million litres
- Sexed semen price cut to KSh 1,000 from KSh 8,000
- Maize imports down to 3.3 million bags from 9.9 million bags