Meeting Kenya’s growing demand for beef
Kenya has the sixth largest cattle herd in Africa, estimated at 19 million animals. About 99% of the country’s production systems can be classified as extensive to semi-extensive, ranging between pastoralists (including nomadic ones), agro-pastoralists (mainly mixed farming among smallholders) and ranchers.
A large share of these production systems is located in the arid and semiarid lands, which make up
