The face of Kenya’s beef industry is slowly changing. Prolonged droughts, shrinking pastures, and erratic rainfall are forcing livestock producers to rethink how and where cattle are raised.
According to the State of the Climate Kenya 2024 report, the number of people facing food insecurity due to drought more than doubled from one million in July 2024 to over two million by early 2025, reflecting the scale of climate stress also devastating livestock herds.
