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Green gram, cow peas top Kenya's food crop exports on policy shift
Cowpea exports saw an increase of over 724 percent, jumping from 645 tonnes to 5,317.41 tonnes, the quarterly data showed, while bean exports also grew by 14 percent to 8,059.55 tonnes.
Green gram and cowpeas exports grew sharply in the quarter to September 2025, bucking a trend of slumps in the shipment of Kenya’s main food crops to lucrative markets due to a policy priority to service domestic consumers.
Analysis of data by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) showed that shipments of green grams, cowpeas, and beans posted explosive growth in the quarter to September, with cowpea exports rising over 724 percent, driven by high demand from Asia and the Middle East, handing a boost to producers servicing the well-paying markets abroad.
