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Table 5.39 – Percent use of types of buyers by crop<br />

Crops<br />

Private ADMARC Relative/friend Auction Consumers<br />

trader/IB<br />

Floor<br />

Maize 28 40 3 4 25<br />

S. Potato 23 0 4 0 72<br />

Cassava 61 0 4 0 72<br />

Rice 29 44 3 0 25<br />

Beans 49 12 12 0 26<br />

Sorghum 15 0 5 0 81<br />

Groundnuts 44 18 3 0 35<br />

Vegetables 33 1 9 0 57<br />

Tobacco 26 16 4 52 2<br />

Cotton 5 95 0 0 0<br />

Soybeans 41 43 2 5 9<br />

Average 35 19 5 11 30<br />

Source: IFPRI/APRU Malawi <strong>Smallholder</strong> Farmer Survey, 1998.<br />

Table 5.40 – Summary of expenditure by region<br />

Region<br />

Northern Central Southern Total<br />

Household expenditure:<br />

Purchased food (MK/year) 6,005 5,815 4,609 5,249<br />

Home-produced food (MK/year) 6,052 4,921 3,355 4,272<br />

Non-food purchases (MK/year) 5,603 3,609 2,563 3,299<br />

Rental equivalent (MK/year) 1,975 1,214 1,358 1,360<br />

Total (MK/year) 19,636 15,570 11,901 14,193<br />

Per capita expenditure (MK/percap/year) 3,874 3,054 2,945 3,083<br />

Share of expenditure on food 61% 69% 67% 67%<br />

Share of food home produced 31% 32% 28% 30%<br />

Source: IFPRI/APRU Malawi <strong>Smallholder</strong> Farmer Survey, 1998.<br />

Table 5.41 – Summary of expenditure by gender<br />

Gender<br />

Male Female Total<br />

Household expenditure:<br />

Purchased food (MK/year) 5,790 4,181 5,249<br />

Home-produced food (MK/year) 4,690 3,450 4,272<br />

Non-food purchases (MK/year) 4,041 1,841 3,299<br />

Rental equivalent (MK/year) 1,331 1,418 1,360<br />

Total (MK/year) 15,849 10,923 14,193<br />

Per capita expenditure (MK/percap/year) 3,233 2,787 3,083<br />

Share of expenditure on food 66% 70% 67%<br />

Share of food home produced 30% 32% 30%<br />

Source: IFPRI/APRU Malawi <strong>Smallholder</strong> Farmer Survey, 1998.<br />

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