Horticulture is Kenya's biggest foreign exchange earner
Horticulture surpassed tea as the top foreign exchange earner in 2018 and since then, the gap between the revenue from the two sectors has been widening.
There was also a significant increase in the amount of horticultural produce exported, growing by 29 per cent to 405,000 tonnes in 2021.
The growth in earnings from horticulture, tea and coffee sub-sectors contrasted with the trend in whole agriculture sector, which declined largely due to poor weather last year.
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani said the contraction in the agriculture sector last year should compel the country to make the decision to move away from reliance on rains and instead heavily invest in irrigation.
