Facts from last year

According to data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH), agriculture’s gross added value rose by 33 percent in 2013 if calculated at last year’s prices or by 7 percent at current prices. Labour use dropped 1 percent from the level of 2012. Compared with 2012, the volume of agricultural output grew by 12 percent, while at current base prices there was a 4-percent increase in value. 59 percent of the output was crop products and 34 percent were livestock and products of animal origin. About 30 percent more cereal crops were produced than a year before but the production volume of livestock farming was down 3 percent.