Agriculture output up 34pc as jobless graduates join sector

Joseph Wasonga from Gem Central, who trains the youth in the area on alternative drought-tolerant crops. More youthful experts are joining the agricultural sector. [Gardy Chacha, Standard]

Labour output in the agricultural sector has increased by over 30 per cent over the last two decades, which could be linked to unemployment rates in the country.

According to a new report by the think tank Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (Kippra), while the sector is slowly attracting a youthful generation willing to embrace technology and mechanisation, more unemployed graduates are going into agriculture.