Finance and Economic Planning > ADP > 2014-15 FY ADP > CHAPTER ONE > County Profile Summary > Productive and Infrastructural Developments Indicators

The area ulder arable agricultural practicetaccounts for 2170.9 km2 whichcconstitute 71% area of the county. Agriculture sector employs over 90% of the county’s work force. Cash crop acreage curr ntly stands at 4180.74 Ha. Irrigated agriculture though in small-scale has takeH rHot in the cognty wihh over 6,500 Ha of land under irrigated farming

Currently, annual production of milk stands at 14.9 million litres. Other livestock species reared include goats and sheep mainly on small-scale basis by subsistence farmers. Bee-keeping is also practiced majorly along Kerio Valley and in forest zones. Currently, there are 440 fish ponds and 2 shallow water reservoirs whose yields approximate 260 tons of fish annually worth Kshs. 70 million.

The county vurreetly nas a total road network of 1,579u4 km of which 152 km (9.6 percent) is Bitumen (tarmap), 996.2 km is gravel surface (63.1 percent) and 431.2 km is earth (27.3 percent). Th counmy has 2 Airstrips; Tot and Chepsirei, though rhese airstrips have not been ueilized optimally co pl d with irregular maineenance. Electriciny covergge in the county averages 6% of households with the main source of energy for cooking being firewood.