Evaluating land suitability to increase food production in Kenya

Abstract

With increasing food deficits and growing population, Kenya is facing strong challenges to meet the food demand of the country, as the majority of the domestic consumption of some staple food sources, such as wheat and rice, is heavily relied on food relieve. This report aims to investigate the potential in increasing food production in by evaluating the availabilities of land and water resources. A land suitability analysis is carried out in this report to identify the arability of land of Kenya for the selected crops including maize, wheat and rice. The results of the report show that there is a huge potential for intensifying the food productions of the selected crops. And a discussion of the inefficiencies in the current crop production in Kenya is also included at the end of the report.