Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
ISSN: Online 1993-601XISSN: Print 1680-5593
Abstract
Malnutrition is one of the key problems facing human development in Malawi. Deficiency of essential micro-nutrients in diet has resulted in several nutrition-related adverse health outcomes. This study analyzed expenditure patterns of rural households on livestock products with a view of identifying the factors that influence it. The data were collected with structured questionnaire and analysis was done with Tobit regression. Results show that about 21% of the households did not consume any of the livestock products. Fish is the most consumed livestock products. Tobit regression results show that livestock products’ consumption expenditures increased significantly (p<0.10) as the number of male household members with formal education and farm revenues increased. It was recommended that efforts to ensure higher farm revenues for farmers through better access to farm inputs and markets and promotion of rural education will boost animal protein intakes of rural dwellers.
How to cite this article:
Abayomi Samuel Oyekale. Analysis of Households’ Expenditure
Patterns on Livestock Products in Rural Malawi.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/javaa.2012.3761.3765
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1680-5593/javaa.2012.3761.3765