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Appendix D
Crop-wise estimates of rainfed arable land and production potential in Kenya -
assumption set C

The calculation procedures outlined in Chapter 3 have been performed for all crop types, pastures and fuelwood species in all agro-ecological cells of Kenya, altogether more than 90000 land units. As a result, we determine the extent and quality of arable land and production potential of each crop type in all locations. The information is then aggregated to district level, province level and national total. The results are also aggregated over crop types to indicate production potential of crop species, i.e. arable land and production potential for maize rather than nine individual maize types considered in the study.

Three sets of results are presented in this report, in Appendix B to D. The third set, Assumption Set C included here, refers to crop productivity and production potential at intermediate level of input on all rainfed land, including areas indicated as forest zone and/or game park. Whenever possible and appropriate, sequential mono-crop combinations of two or three consecutive crop types from a crop species have been constructed to ensure highest possible estimates in sub-humid and humid zones (areas where mean total dominant length of growing period exceeds 180 days).

NATIONAL TOTAL: KENYA (Assumption Set C)Page: C001

Arable Land by Productivity Classes (100 ha):

NRZONEC1
> 80
C2
60–80
C3
40–60
C4
20–40
Total
C1–C4
C5
5–20
Total
C1–C5
Total ExtentC1–C4
% of Zone
1ARID045536953360750923947314574233211.8
2SEMIARID10932445738382831920314567337696753628.4
3SUBHUMID3930541963705692214115473268843753857.0
4HUMID38889120811310241313636497378604642767.6
 TOTAL8911174392556027575794865048412997057482313.8

Potential Crop Production:

  Land by Productivity Class (100 ha)Class C1–C4Class C1–C4
NRCROPC1
> 80
C2
60–80
C3
40–60
C4
20–40
Total
C1–C4
C5
5–20
Production (1000 mt)Yields (kg/ha) 
MINAVGMAXMINAVGMAXMCI
1BARLEY477170817030176893657118794278662129203762169925161.49
2MAIZE3953551511038232234373047958595811152158031362255036141.65
3OATS1541431210077136102954122354165540056040560135620451.35
4MILLET1632440111729212423900436113241340864970619104812741.51
5RICE957561572896011383219251164194226601022170623361.92
6SORGH357364569405237874322151582337568909876781159422851.65
7WHEAT276462325537161553068820482205451838230669168926821.37
8COWPEA7166483099953213995149826441157162746082711621.73
9GRAM19017584027813614112395715721076150140576310631.74
10GRNDNT714702313299791452614330104718642630721128318111.64
11BEANS471365857696136563264921089188534974990577107115281.71
12PIGPEA212811913866964016826938396019122609571113715501.48
13SOYBEAN7749272766967914146152586141187171143483912091.62
14CASSAVA8932355323376321411318277132161474315360936410446108841.00
15SW.POT9441312232465881116914395536294771265148018485113271.58
16WH.POT221150968644128252877620881134482981245667467410360158701.83
17BANANA01826475253608152714083440852056714724885591.00
18OIL PALM04088426554609376675665119213561.00
19SUGCANE108600203365719312125952187424433254712349026239273541.00
20COFFEE19523812335876911681413672       
21COTTON712001112398453674869       
22PINEAPP133481208022774970150       
23PYRETH220582761061810482315814212       
24SISAL5442115515697731758920609       
25TEA178575568926100352830210492       
26FUELW14569330102451244241106332649484296047459497154040446346751.00
27FUELW295832694222509275998663375969829388919392547957410296106831.00
28GRASS14323236471555136943904641943664532650559525175010558958051.00

NATIONAL TOTAL: KENYA (Assumption Set C)Page: C002

Potential Crop Production:

  Land by Productivity Class (100 ha)Class C1–C4Class C1–C4
NRCROPC1
> 80
C2
60–80
C3
40–60
C4
20–40
Total
C1–C4
C5
5–20
Production (1000 mt)Yields (kg/ha) 
MINAVGMAXMINAVGMAXMCI
1BARL1339742643658834610798196642097388752221067197726561.71
2BARL2137424652793467554111130756517722926499156725881.36
3BARL30352579466825855600124552105522198618841.00
4MAIZ1214729994774149173947324837223442276120899170224642.00
5MAIZE22147299238741186412807208762365457966051133219331641.92
6MAIZ317522303277157072904125341583358750601263286240372.14
7MAIZE417863183283931611283109701985397854741809362649901.61
8MAIZE591712913453371197893721529323445811631345148881.53
9MAIZE6454611179832677456130930191028221517311546041.35
10MAIZE7002669552326168192950192229531160234636041.00
11MAIZE8057336015314910948865216182267687170623901.00
12MAIZE9091278846805303755929012121700384160322491.00
13CAT15661720608844741419012848107819902611839154920321.64
14OAT297522663384436056871098547415172467431138122461.18
15OAT3032660547762477570810449896318187316871.00
16MLLT1163242811160621080364663860020663630446553594011571.56
17MLLT214554204818184161237922257158633054121713148518511.86
18RICE14442011978462225651012290015242116889150520902.01
19RICE21831894861206649740466213691954894184926392.02
20RICE31104941120277422444498317635844706141118771.95
21RICE411049411372665151244064058071104920183225062.03
22RICE5110494109226881534438444390712351010206828171.76
23SRGH1189433236876153964222527490158132584724575118517191.91
24SRGH2221334855209140201093724927164835094943661140819831.64
25SRGH3151019583503495641411192576623303534643195429632.01
26SRGH410392942273832053293992488923093329896232733551.57
27SRGH57741917288833402394892075021473292840240736911.47
28SRGH6113288144233442346518636310041725699193533271.31
29SRGH700317548623175793220302530125317211.00
30SRGH80005139594751392033744703957299141.00
31SRGH9002223970494041925830643813973110451.00
32WHEA116483760224957401283213396125326853866935200428851.57
33WHEA2111621872793595846931205565219173299541159127371.30
34WHEA302854954457295652371505801065286110820331.00
35COWP17156503159936115041138855791030146641774110561.75
36COUP269154722094881564283284708521148564102313781.88
37GRAM1145149736148855395701411146191513403276499501.78
38GRAM219017743369749314400128265281010142541278811111.76
39GRND169598928699998142961455195016842416653115716601.66
40GRND2688592196643815984762768312601682896165222061.82
41BEAN135694290416393351027021357133523953307625112115481.77
42BEAN211442294353341494717111215481096167649398615071.61
43BEAN300017161021712571163184051.00
44PIGP1216111854129900097261647587717642409533107114621.49
45PIGP2201711562955799267341412184217182250597121715941.42
46PIGP362976919345253535585865349651325623112315431.24
47SOYB18429152857959715129142115581061155339374710931.63
48SOYB259991516594354628775274188151079555108314331.80
49CASV8932355323376321827714113132161474315360936410446108841.00
50SPOT19441316235465541439511169483284661124043277580100631.58
51SPOT29441170228456071532710005422488691212642228865121201.64
52SPOT3934828159941821262875443307759710307438410070136631.64
53WPOT1224144617187920218384230929384198803041440648609131712.05
54WPOT222115083659810819155502471010605241043632342929755147002.00
55WPOT3182244095803979415401218289349262840847428312042187141.91
56BANANA01826475253527160814083440852056714724885591.00
C003
57PALM04088426609554376675665119213561.00
58SUGCAN108600203365711259593122187424433254712349026239273541.00
59COFFEE19523812335876911367216814       
60COTTON712001112398448695367       
61PINE133481208022771504970       
62PYRETH220582761061810482421231581       
63SISAL5442115515697732060917589       
64TEA178575568926100351049228302       
65GRASS14323236471555136943194366904644532650559525175010558958051.00
66ACACALB265207065032277055085316083527496256281116157017811.00
67ACACGER7146051115662078230863391136847808685181750206721781.00
68ACANIL429409189463096153595444275873760583451322171218781.00
69ACACSEN188549951324332635467425275762649259108871187175520641.00
70ACACTOR304247064352200861436312173943524558291263168018671.00
71CALICAL24036729100461797722149371558205907594022208244325301.00
72CONOLAN9476028271268554016163661727257029501055157118031.00
73TAMAIND304200768242209861477312333920518257331255165918361.00
74CASUEQU502369273843084650157424241030213105141932428308933461.00
75CASUCUN1053527293155021321527569665443374836378373675072546756151.00
76LEUCLEU222196369322181146479309281240713843143784011447646491.00
77SESBSES16339299243853508028597703973315136915382444709524454331.00
78CROTMEG7145913112872126227475391756883804784371757205421541.00
79GLIRSEP55531455812377216867266541741354214843153332500274028301.00
80GREVROB715024439168451540628616638403029932467334424746508652381.00
81OLEOAFR5964779952016154194643105082489617100972656309732521.00
82BRIDMIC755125770180632553219493769165696062777652097405816284781.00
83CALOCAP715024433143381186013206577814945452172534768559902992551.00
84CASSSIA2157367693022937037632445051584021931246493559492855381.00
85CUPRLUC5537160047643106808138398632911432723339317303820985121.00
86EUCACIT390178731158327841141555119822991.29267317344491571661981.00
87EUCAMIC6641136178963743611848366572575928964302007027790182381.00
88EUCAMIT18420744149176775562724083847410894120223519452449921.00
89EUCATER30916426674211813349629805581310083118971950338339911.00
90FAURSAL715024439167241532327136636365168955296568808123868989381.00
91PARKACU27282666922081461275286054675769791311634269131921.00
92PRUNAFR715024433139371027410224557944848051130524148689916493941.00
93EUCACAM184167638751783748972235711110014402157774709611066931.00
94EUCAGLO41001628613384125401246446309446335092153038963810996114531.00
95EUCAGRA29971256110608184465529446114492048222496321006910809111251.00
96EUCASAL75512602716532140468094641567490680689830751167612577129491.00

PROVINCE TOTAL: (1) Central ProvincePage: P001

Arable Land by Productivity Classes (100 ha):

NRZONEC1
> 80
C2
60–80
C3
40–60
C4
20–40
Total
C1–C4
C5
5–20
Total
C1–C5
Total ExtentC1–C4
% of Zone
1ARID0000000110.
2SEMIARID341583307439310749126734.7
3SUBHUMID631181380372139685574525544872.8
4HUMID18117601000100039407254666650060.6
 TOTAL8463588188620288347159399401322663.1

Potential Crop Production:

  Land by Productivity Class (100 ha)Class C1–C4Class C1–C4
NRCROPC1
> 80
C2
60–80
C3
40–60
C4
20–40
Total
C1–C4
C5
5–20
Production (1000 mt)Yields (kg/ha) 
MINAVGMAXMINAVGMAXMCI
1BARLEY7213190137221147397109459914511958810196226471.48
2MAIZE29513701801110945751205604131916131319288335271.37
3OATS1231613324814956478187337510091395579155821531.41
4MILLET021288869117837083121134709102811362.16
5RICE005313612404551117124112821.19
6SORGH41914751265112942887423378531045786198924381.46
7WHEAT1702986129416166066208038111841655629195227291.37
8COWPEA001223374598981533393227178521.71
9GRAM00716717411944892434575281.74
10GRNDNT00129436565784306171529107612621.58
11BEANS45527171700147963501919322703905507110614261.60
12PIGPEA13099117199123378406518823827780310171.19
13SOYBEAN001294345637941842513117519001.55
14CASSAVA01352666571057298091999510218694941496601.00
15SW.POT013010039562524611764154952812663379181.37
16WH.POT27721641855191962161941270969119446435711118151951.91
17BANANA000163163298283874995508153191.00
19SUGCANEE001516217721382423914401367722058248521.00
20COFFEE290685333420942146       
21COTTON0002342341       
23PYRETH781840182922345981843       
24SISAL012686331013003107       
25TEA12817141801147451171195       
26FUELW1140742717461033103462866177629763475971608661351.00
27FUELW21013590622631028102093461268913016131601242912750128911.00
28GRASS29054417142613991014614527139745075637036734374541.00

PROVINCE TOTAL: (1) Central ProvincePage: P002

Potential Crop Production:

  Land by Productivity Class (100 ha)Class C1–C4Class C1–C4
NRCROPC1
> 80
C2
60–80
C3
40–60
C4
20–40
Total
C1–C4
C5
5–20
Production (1000 mt)Yields (kg/ha) 
MINAVGMAXMINAVGMAXMCI
1BARL14871900620927491393448989410571244227126871.68
2BARL22331124620386157236487439684368185628921.38
3BARL30166132801446109923119218208108119801.00
4MAIZE1137255143658327119396208247801174620681.90
5MAIZE2137255125658284117587222268737188822781.73
6MAIZE313097273235152314165215272315a41192.00
7MAIZE4151151577313658257432589311191264346843481.36
8MAIZE54512462810462418432145046281.160273634051.10
9MAIZE6453716710217350641091311832310537481.00
10MAIZE700434313797471252142821679285937681.00
11MAIZE801702612952372662152201848209427631.00
12MAIZE90345013382358615108155258184526411.00
13OAT118463216240712363050285514608934168419931.61
14CAT2105986952174304221771383578320172626071.36
15OAT3016413491333312111911320916093217271.00
16HUT102128885737711666911212659596110842.40
17MLLT2021288842336115165127148562110212832.18
18RICE1005311240364441002112611671.19
19RICE2005251472222810281028102.00
20RICE300001100001555155515552.00
21RICE400001100001989198919892.00
22RICE500001100002065206520651.71
23SRGH1137254308611261131085177208646134815852.09
24SRGH22792431698286122180193232653158318971.87
25SRGH313097279105851610121158196235230712.00
26SRGH41261398864851592473163591757658239130591.34
27SRGH517399130748961772108407518610229529251.07
28SRGH616331686387280225673804200926251.00
29SRGH7000321483321214358664132617941.00
30SRGH800049625449623415145583110301.00
31SRGH9007506955137405612778110931.00
32WHEA1112181357639512492896273654813942225928071.56
33WHEA2581043629573218230387426662379184928751.26
34WHEA301308964861486721104180245120120801.00
35COWP1001294417875701630352845326171.58
36COUP2001222851674071330363197458871.62
37GRAM100716711951743781793874571.74
38GRAM200716711501744892434575281.74
39GRND10012943678456528505848988910261.58
40GRND20012938561514275767521110613011.48
41BEAN126619907729535033981222455549558114213781.64
42BEAN2189727927509163235399247356423105215141.54
43BEAN3000161253160111163184051.00
44PIGP113097135191490222765818022925679010061.19
45PIGP2130972917987020545318222825688611081.06
46PIGP30221325263482027305627668661.00
47SOYB1001294347945631735413046177241.55
48SOYB200129383635121640483077809371.48
49CASV01352666572980105791999510218694941496601.00
50SPOT1013010039524616251704094892724654078211.37
51SPOT20130100295253652533390510637743497131.44
52SPOT3013010017181424727265344107610714139331.24
53WPOT1296205218749361505515821314805635241309315123142.02
54WPOT227721591707155612935700236060558156414010622143092.01
55WPOT31752118126189611984450146061508708328213819195681.95
56BANANA000163291638283874995508153191.00
P003
58SUGCAN001516221381772423914401367722058248521.00
59COFFEE290685333421462094       
60COTTON0002341234       
62PYRETH781840182922348435981       
63SISAL012686331031071300       
64TEA12817141801147411955117       
65GRASS29054417142613991452101467139745075637036734374541.00
66ACACALAB02564451155186418563233273281738176017691.00
67ACACGER1414921716392456371461394143314461951200520241.00
68ACACNIL88908852560138343447868078151810185818751.00
69ACACSEN2845706671355168128755896156572049214022841.00
70ACACTOR03634631459287022854044094111766179017991.00
71CALICAL2724409693255283149371018103910462062210421201.00
72CONOLAN000511271515551015101510151.00
73TAMAIND03414851459287022854004064081751177517851.00
74CASUEQU76986534003142853611579162216372944302530541.00
75CASUCUN16696304129466727499345887600560555926604560951.00
76LEUCLEU02691751763537822079499639684300436143861.00
77SESBSES14156330375393345100074706480748484702480348451.00
78CROTMEG1414771716424556974521431147014831920197319901.00
79GLIRSEP6652764140326453247477200920752098268727768071.00
80GREVROB5735288308289534998385256539054575342547955471.00
81OLEOAFR14119214383574132162191748181518382811291829551.00
82BRIDMIC57352922982103131198778968922193369080933694521.00
83CALOCAP57352882848106931997778807912992599008933794701.00
84CASSSIA27241410143147183448472528259226165216534953991.00
85CUPRLUC85142671511125138778816356685170008065869388821.00
86EUCACIT66525211512164841863474501466347217092734774381.00
87EUCAMIC15744013133355838274796265658266998376880089571.00
88EUCAMIT02861901623164620989619799864578466447011.00
89EUCATER226679052032215786366776914031429343791.00
90FAURSAL5735288308289534998388968922293369116937494901.00
91PARKACU0202392552715151551611653017313431991.00
92PRUNAFR57352882848101836897268788911092399035936694991.00
93EUCACAM02661931639164620981343136813786402651965691.00
94EUCAGLO628408922351459477841191589869100801088811733119831.00
95EUCAGRA1718762095277534567626805708471851006310476106251.00
96EUCASAL57353112875103030997891248212930131031275013208133851.00

PROVINCE TOTAL: (2) Coast ProvincePage: P004

Arable Land by Productivity Classes (100 ha):

NRZONEC1
> 80
C2
60–80
C3
40–60
C4
20–40
Total
C1–C4
C5
5–20
Total
C1–C5
Total ExtentC1–C4
% of Zone
1ARID016524996763340905212392660675.1
2SEMIARID109902244119985451433697871379139.5
3SUBHUMID41338970150028487563604438565.0
4HUMID0105203610454677.2
 TOTAL1501416591641941167514153258298428913.9

Potential Crop Production:

  Land by Productivity Class (100 ha)Class C1–C4Class C1–C4
NRCROPC1
> 80
C2
60–80
C3
40–60
C4
20–40
Total
C1–C4
C5
5–20
Production (1000 mt)Yields (kg/ha) 
MINAVGMAXMINAVGMAXMCI
1BARLEY5191713918096142127782118414921.53
2MAIZE24404116845746170144023658281379592134222351.55
3OATS014112853179479678130816501.50
4MILLET416221653815275132881152872614761892547111114241.45
5RICE6108751534172388579316726354196715261.25
6SORGH9960520086934964512317419934141443496814661.54
7WHEAT023156310213671316737129116111.56
8COWPEA721083635724626472712828948927762410561.36
9SUM725632551454777331007323053381129768910491.62
10GRNDNT72631060420655364259269557921486100616631.33
11BEANS4327511823026712172451874410601.63
12PIGPEA01273540625137414437322768311761.01
13SOYBEAN2034897341415483403415236362427766311371.34
14CASSAVA152266891303223426021514203422106778910898941.00
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