| dc.description.abstract | Agriculture is the mainstay of the county’s economy with about 75% of county residents employed
directly and indirectly by the sector. The sector development strategies are aimed at improving food
security and enhancing incomes of the county 8residents. In the financial year 2019/2020, the
agriculture sector was allocated a total of Ksh. 665,957,610 of which Ksh. 234,314,628 was recurrent
while development expenditure was 431,642,982. While livestock sector has been allocated a total of
Ksh. 209,516,645 of which Ksh. 19,190,000 is recurrent expenditure while development expenditure is
190,326,645.
The key programme outputs for the ministry in the 2019/2020 financial year included provision of
subsidized fertilizer, Coffee and tea subsidy, promotion of fruit tree nurseries including avocados,
Promotion of Export vegetable crops, Development of Model farms and Inputs, NARIGP, Promotion
of specialized machinery and equipment, and Agricultural and Farm data development. | en |
