Best counties to grow Wheat in Kenya

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Elgeyo Marakwet

All 47 counties — Wheat suitability ranking

#1Elgeyo MarakwetRift Valley

#2NakuruRift Valley

#3Uasin GishuRift Valley

#4NairobiCentral Highlands

#5NarokRift Valley

#6Trans NzoiaWestern Highlands

#7NandiWestern Highlands

#8BometRift Valley

#9NyandaruaCentral Highlands

#10West PokotRift Valley

#11LaikipiaRift Valley

#12KiambuCentral Highlands

#13NyeriCentral Highlands

#14KajiadoSemi-Arid Eastern

#15KerichoRift Valley

#16KisiiWestern Highlands

#17BungomaWestern Highlands

#18NyamiraWestern Highlands

#19KirinyagaCentral Highlands

#20Murang'aCentral Highlands

#21VihigaWestern Highlands

#22MeruCentral Highlands

#23MachakosSemi-Arid Eastern

#24EmbuCentral Highlands

#25Homa BayLake Victoria Basin

#26MigoriLake Victoria Basin

#27KakamegaWestern Highlands

#28MakueniSemi-Arid Eastern

#29Tharaka NithiCentral Highlands

#30SiayaLake Victoria Basin

#31BaringoRift Valley

#32KisumuLake Victoria Basin

#33BusiaLake Victoria Basin

#34KituiSemi-Arid Eastern

#35Taita TavetaCoastal Lowlands

#36IsioloSemi-Arid Eastern

#37MarsabitArid and Semi-Arid

#38SamburuArid and Semi-Arid

#39KwaleCoastal Lowlands

#40Tana RiverArid and Semi-Arid

#41TurkanaArid and Semi-Arid

#42MombasaCoastal Lowlands

#43KilifiCoastal Lowlands

#44LamuCoastal Lowlands

#45GarissaArid and Semi-Arid

#46WajirArid and Semi-Arid

#47ManderaArid and Semi-Arid

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