Agriculture remains country’s economic backbone despite dip in production

Sammy Mandera a coffee farmer tends to his coffee trees at Misesi in Kisii County on 2/4/2019.Sammy Mandera a coffee farmer tends to his coffee trees at Misesi in Kisii County on 2/4/2019.

In a year when Kenya’s gross domestic product growth dipped, agriculture remained the dominant sector, accounting for slightly over a third of the total value of the economy in 2019.

This was despite the sector’s growth decelerating from 6.1 per cent in 2018 to 3.6 per cent. The drop came amid mixed fortunes in the sector with some crops experiencing dips in production as others showed significant positive shifts.