Food crisis to persist as farmers record low yield
A trader sorts tomatoes at her stand at Chaka market in Nyeri County. Kenya’s food security in 2023 remains in jeopardy following the third round of dismal agricultural performance, with the third quarter of 2022 recording yet another contraction.
Kenya’s food security in 2023 remains in jeopardy following the third round of dismal agricultural performance, with the third quarter of 2022 recording yet another contraction.
The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report for July- September 2022 shows that the Agriculture sector recorded a contraction of 0.6 per cent. This follows a series of two consecutive contractions in the first quarters of the year, where the sector recorded a 0.7 per cent contraction between April and June and 1.2 per cent between January and March.
