TY  - JOUR
T1  - Analysis of Households’ Expenditure 
  Patterns on Livestock Products in Rural Malawi
AU - Oyekale, Abayomi Samuel 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 11
IS  - 20
SP  - 3761
EP  - 3765
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2012.3761.3765
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.3761.3765
KW  - Livestock products
KW  -animal protein
KW  -consumption
KW  -Malawi
KW  -South Africa
AB  - 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.
ER  -