Analysis of household food expenditure patterns. A case of Shamva district Zimbabwe

IF 0.6 Q4 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Future of Food: Journal on Food, Agriculture and Society Pub Date : 2020-03-31 DOI:10.17170/KOBRA-202003241099

Theresa Rubhara, O. S. Oduniyi, M. Mudhara, Antwi Michael Akwasi

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Abstract

The study was designed to analyse the food expenditure patterns of smallholder farming households. Income and expenditure data were collected from 281 randomly sampled farming households in Shamva District. Descriptive statistics (mean and frequency) were used to analyse the income sources and main expenditure categories. The Ordinary Least Squares regression was used to model the determinants of household food expenditure. The results indicated cash crop, food crop and livestock sales as the major farm income sources. Remittances, wages, salaries and pensions were the major non-farm income sources. Statistics showed that 64% of the cash income was obtained from farm activities. Food expenditure accounted for over 60% of total expenditure. Household size (p<0.05), dependency ratio (p<0.05) and income (cash crop income, food crop income, livestock income and non-farm income) positively affected household food consumption. Age of household head (p<0.01) negatively affected household expenditure. The research results highlight the need for government to channel more resources towards improving smallholder agricultural productivity as the major household income source to foster demand-led agricultural growth and development in rural areas. By implication, this will similarly help to inform policy makers on appropriate instruments to improve income, food security and wellbeing of the farming households.

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家庭食物支出模式分析。津巴布韦Shamva地区的一个案例

该研究旨在分析小农家庭的粮食支出模式。从沙姆瓦区随机抽样的281户农户中收集了收入和支出数据。使用描述性统计(平均值和频率)来分析收入来源和主要支出类别。使用普通最小二乘回归对家庭食品支出的决定因素进行建模。结果表明，经济作物、粮食作物和牲畜销售是主要的农业收入来源。汇款、工资、薪金和养老金是主要的非农业收入来源。统计数据显示，64%的现金收入来自农业活动。食品支出占总支出的60%以上。家庭规模(p<0.05)、抚养比(p<0.05)和收入(经济作物收入、粮食作物收入、畜牧收入和非农收入)对家庭食品消费有正向影响。户主年龄对家庭支出有负向影响(p<0.01)。研究结果强调，政府需要将更多资源用于提高小农农业生产力，将其作为家庭收入的主要来源，以促进农村地区以需求为导向的农业增长和发展。由此可见，这同样有助于决策者了解改善农户收入、粮食安全和福祉的适当手段。

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