NATTIONAL AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL INCLUSIVE GROWTH PROJECT

BUNGOMA COUNTY

KENYAN CHICKEN INDUSTRY AND ITS

CONTRIBUTION TO GDP
Demand for chicken products is growing
Driven by increasing population, urbanization and wealth
 CONTRIBUTION TO THE GDP
 LivestockSector is estimated to contribute 12 percent of
Kenya’s GDP

 40 percent to the agricultural GDP

 Employs 50 percent of agricultural labour force

 Livestock
sub-sectors include dairy, beef, poultry, camel,
bees and emerging livestock.
 Livestock population in Kenya

Population 38,816,238 28,011,800 19,307,445 15,774,818 1,176,374 442,781

Chicken Goats Sheeps Cattle Donkeys Pigs

Source: 2019 Kenya Population and Household Census

National chicken breed structure
8%
4 %
1

78
%

Local Chicken Layers Broilers

 CHICKEN MEAT CONTRIBUTION
TO THE GDP
POULTRY MEAT
PRODUCTION

Broiler

34% layers
 National Chicken meat production 5%

is 18,600 Mts valued at KSh. 3.52B

 Local
Chicken meat
production is 11,400 Mts

Local Chicken
 Broilers produce 6,300 Mts 61%


CHICKEN EGGS CONTRIBUTION
TO THE GDP Eggs Production
Egg production is at 1.3 B
valued at KSH. 9.70 B
Hybrid Layers
Local Chicken produce 47%
53%

570 million
Local
Hybrid layers production Chicken

is 650 million eggs

• Food and nutrition security through availability,
access, utilization and stability

• Empowerment of women, youth and the VMGs

through employment and income generation

• Low environmental impact while contributing to

nutrient cycling

• Sustainable Development Goals – Vision 2030 etc

BUNGOMA How to expand and improve local production?

COUNTY How to drive domestic demand?

CHICKEN How to driving export?
MASTER How to enhance regulatory framework and ensure
compliance on food safety?
Put in place trade measures that support the local
PLAN chicken industry
“Action without vision is only passing
time…

Vision without action is

merely daydreaming…..

But vision with action can

change our Counties……”