 The sector employs 70.1 per cent of the population and 87.9 per cent of the households are engaged in Agricultural activities.The upper part of Embu County relies mainly on cash crops such as coffee and tea while the lower part mainly produces food crops such as maize, beans, cow peas, bananas, sorghum, tomatoes, pawpaw, avocado and citrus fruits.The total acreage under food crops is about 14,000 ha compared to the total acreage under cash crops of 19'000 ha.