Kenya Beef

Facts about beef in Kenya

• Future meat production is expected to be affected by competition of land with the humans. However- this would be shaped mainly by the changes in consumption patterns rather than the population growth
• Kenya Meat Commission has a huge production capacity and infrastructure. It has a slaughter capacity of 1-250 large animals per day and 2-000 small stocks per day.
• Kenyans consume an average of 15-16 kg of red meat (meat and offal from cattle- sheep- goats and camels) per capita annually-1 for a national total of approximately 600-000 MT2 of red meat per year
• Approximately 80 to 90 percent of the red meat consumed in Kenya comes from livestock that are raised by pastoralists- with the remainder coming from highland cattle
• While Kenyan pastoralists account for the majority of Kenya’s meat supply (approximately 60 to 65 percent of the total)- a significant portion (20 to 25 percent) comes from livestock raised in neighboring countries with significant livestock populations- making Kenya a meat deficit country.