An understanding of factors influencing the decision of rural people to keep sheep and/or goats is crucial when … goats was higher (91%) than sheep (35%) because goats are not affected by any ethnic or cultural restrictions. Goats are … also perceived to be a less risky to invest into compared to sheep. Women represented 71% of the keepers of goats …

Hedonic price models were fitted to a sample of 1397 sheep and 1293 goats respectively for which data were collected …, terms of trade may be worst when farmers need cash the most. In general, there was no clear progression in price of sheep …

low rates of chemical fertilizers. Organic materials used by farmers were sourced from cattle, goats, sheep and poultry …

Despite the occurrence of fatal landslides in Malawi, literature is not available on their socio-economic and … the socio-economic and environmental effects of landslides that struck parts of Ntcheu district of central Malawi and … Rumphi district of northern Malawi in 2003. This paper asserts that poor rural people are more vulnerable to landslides and …

Malawi. Specifically, it examines how smallholder farmers respond to changes in market prices of improved legume seed. It …

representative sample of 7842 households (11208 plots) in Malawi. We employ a multivariate probit (MVP) technique to model …

identify their underlying determinants. The simulation results suggest that households’ decisions about the adoption of …