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5.2 Livestock Products
5.2.1 Milk
Dairy production is the second largest livestock enterprise after meat production and it registered 3.4 billion litres
of milk worth Kshs 154 billion in 2014. However, there was a marginal decrease of 7.9 percent compared with 2013
production (Table 5.6). This was due to drought experienced in the year leading to scarcity of livestock feeds. Despite
the drop in production, the volume of processed milk increased from 523.0 million litres in 2013 to 541 million litres
in 2014 (Economic Survey, 2015).
Table 5.6: Milk Production
Year
Total quantity
produced (‘000 kgs)
Total Value (‘000
Kshs)
Quantity marketed
formally (‘000 kg)
Total Value (‘000
Kshs)
2012 3,190.7 143,581.8 495.2 22,284.0
2013 3,717.8 167,303.1 523.0 23,535.0
2014 3,425.0 154,123.0 541.3 24,358.5
Source: SDL and KNBS
5.2.2 Meat
During the period under review, the country produced 408 MT of meat worth Kshs. 162.3 billion (Table 5.7) Beef
production was the main meat produced whose value also registered an increase in 2014 compared with 2013. Other
types of meat such as chevon, mutton, pork, rabbit meat, poultry meat and camel meat indicated an upward trend.
Poultry production increased in 2014 due to increased demand in major towns.
Table 5.7: Meat Production
Products (MT) 2012 2013 2014
Quantity
Total value
(Kshs Million)
Quantity
Total value
(Kshs Million)
Quantity
Total value
(Kshs Million)
Beef 94,823.6 37,929.4 96,764.5 38,705.8 113,450.3 45,380.1
Chevon 20,561.3 8,224.5 45,311.7 18,124.7 68,190.6 27,276.2
Mutton 14,149.2 5,659.7 21,852.1 8,740.8 91,589.6 36,635.8
Pork 17,590.7 7,036.3 8,159.9 3,263.9 42,804.3 17,121.7
Rabbit 233.6 93.4 321.6 128.7 348.4 139.4
Poultry 48,393.0 19,357.2 28,692.5 11,477.0 81,042.7 32,417.1
Camel 9,085.5 2,725.6 8,855.8 2,656.7 11,220.6 3,366.2
Total 204,836.8 81,026.2 209,958.1 83,097.6 408,646.5 162,336.5
Source: SDL
5.2.3 Other Products
Other livestock products such as eggs, honey, wax, wool, hides and skins experienced a slight increase in their
production and values in 2014 when compared with 2013 (Table 5.8).
Table 5.8: Other livestock products
Products 2012 2013 2014
Quantity Total value (Kshs) Quantity Total value (Kshs) Quantity Total value (Kshs)
Eggs (No. 197,062,582 59,118,774,730 170,213,441 51,064,032,250 171,183,941 51,355,182,240
of trays)
Honey(Kg) 8,740,524 4,370,262,026 8,249,905 4,124,952,676 29,742,670 14,871,335,063
Wax (Kg) 947,365 757,892,160 749,963 599,970,533 736,210 588,967,613
Hides (No.) 41,266 4,126,600 112,885 11,288,500 923,536 92,353,600
Skins (No.) 307,484 15,374,200 646,666 32,333,300 1,388,149 69,407,450
Source: SDL
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