A new report has raised concerns over the state of agricultural soil in Kenya, revealing that only 20 per cent of the country's soil is suitable for food production.
The Soil Atlas 2025, Kenya Edition, unveiled by the Heinrich Boell Foundation (HBF) in Nairobi, highlights the alarming state of the soil health and its critical impacts on food and nutritional security.
The report shows that over 40 per cent of East Africa's soils are degraded, which poses a severe threat to agriculture, food security and livelihoods across the region.
In Kenya, the situation is dire, with only 20 per cent of croplands being arable, and an alarming loss of up to 26 tonnes of soil per hectare annually due to soil erosion.
