What Kenya can learn from Botswana's livestock industry

Habiba Jattani with cattle at a livestock market in Isiolo County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

Reducing direct government's influence and developing a data monitoring tool have been identified as some of the strategies that can help the country reap big from the livestock sector.

A report by a public policy think tank - the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (Kippra) has also called on improving access to finance through public-private partnerships (PPP), which will enable livestock farmers, particularly in the arid and semi-arid lands (Asals) to access credit.