Busia County agriculture
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced KSh 46.6 bn in Busia County in 2024: 35.2% of the county economy, and the 31st-largest farm output of Kenya’s 47 counties. It is among Kenya’s top three counties for cassava, bambara nuts and pigs.
The county economy
Agriculture, forestry & fishingKSh 46.6 bn2024 · 31st of 47 counties · 1.3% of their totalup 16.3% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Annexe I GCP by Economic Activity at Current Prices, 2024
Agriculture's share of the economy35.2%2024 · value added over Gross County ProductComputed from KNBS Gross County Product 2025
Gross County ProductKSh 132.2 bn2024 (provisional) · 34th of 47 counties · 0.9% of their totalup 7.3% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 8 Gross County Product at Current Prices+, 2020–2024
Population987,152 people2024 · 23rd of 47 counties · 1.9% of their totalup 1.9% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 1 Population from 2019 Census and Projected Population for 2020-2024
Crops where Busia ranks highest
Cassava231,932 tonnes2024 · 2nd of 36 counties · 19.2% of their totaldown 18.7% on 2023AFA Year Book of Statistics 2025 - Table 85 Area and Production of Cassava, 2020-2024 by County
Bambara nuts81.9 tonnes2025 · 3rd of 8 counties · 14.5% of their totalup 25.6% on 2024AFA Year Book of Statistics 2026 - Table 42 Area under Bambara nuts, Production and Value by County - 2024-2025
Sugarcane40,770 tonnes2023 · 4th of 13 counties · 9.7% of their totaldown 40.0% on 2022Crop stats data
Livestock where Busia ranks highest
Pigs86,220 head2023 · 3rd of 43 counties · 10.3% of their totalup 5.3% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
Indigenous chicken1,739,979 birds2023 · 8th of 47 counties · 3.2% of their totaldown 0.9% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
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