Turkey’s state development aid agency on Sunday made a donation of equipment to the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) to boost food security in western Kenya.
According to statistics from TIKA, Kenya has an estimated poultry population of 31 million birds. Of these, 75% consists of indigenous chicken, 22% of broilers and layers, and 1% of breeding stock. Other poultry species like ducks, geese, turkeys, pigeons, ostriches, guinea fowls, and quails make up 2% of the poultry production.
Agriculture contributes 26% of Kenya's GDP and is key to Kenya's economy, employing almost half of Kenya's population, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.