Homa Bay County agriculture
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced KSh 94.6 bn in Homa Bay County in 2024: 47.2% of the county economy, and the 16th-largest farm output of Kenya’s 47 counties. It is among Kenya’s top three counties for groundnuts, sweet potato and cassava.
The county economy
Agriculture, forestry & fishingKSh 94.6 bn2024 · 16th of 47 counties · 2.6% of their totalup 18.5% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Annexe I GCP by Economic Activity at Current Prices, 2024
Agriculture's share of the economy47.2%2024 · value added over Gross County ProductComputed from KNBS Gross County Product 2025
Gross County ProductKSh 200.6 bn2024 (provisional) · 23rd of 47 counties · 1.3% of their totalup 9.7% on 2023KNBS Gross County Product 2025 - Table 8 Gross County Product at Current Prices+, 2020–2024
Population1.25 million people2024 · 16th of 47 counties · 2.4% 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 Homa Bay ranks highest
Groundnuts5,567 tonnes2025 · 1st of 19 counties · 38.7% of their totalup 61.6% on 2024AFA Year Book of Statistics 2026 - Table 41 Area under Peanuts, Production and Value by County in 2024-2025
Sweet potato247,246 tonnes2024 · 1st of 43 counties · 28.7% of their totalup 47.2% on 2023AFA Year Book of Statistics 2025 - Table 83 Area and Production of Sweet Potato, 2020-2024 by County
Cassava249,180 tonnes2024 · 1st of 36 counties · 20.6% of their totaldown 21.3% on 2023AFA Year Book of Statistics 2025 - Table 85 Area and Production of Cassava, 2020-2024 by County
Livestock where Homa Bay ranks highest
Indigenous chicken4,600,514 birds2023 · 2nd of 47 counties · 8.5% of their totalup 11.0% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
Beehives (Langstroth)15,617 hives2023 · 4th of 47 counties · 4.8% of their totalup 23.6% on 2022KNBS National Agriculture Production Report 2024 - Annex 15-25 Livestock population by county 2021-2023
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