Livestock as a buffer against HIV and AIDS income shocks in the rural households of Zimbabwe

Munyaradzi Mutenje, Cletos Mapiye, Zira Mavunganidze, Marizvikuru Mwale, Violet Muringai, Constance Katsinde and Ivy Gavumende

Development Southern Africa, 2008, vol. 25, issue 1, 75-82

Abstract: The objective of this study was to determine the extent to which households use livestock sales to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS income shocks. Using survey data from the Muzarabani and Bindura districts of Mashonaland Central Province in Zimbabwe, the econometric analysis indicated that livestock, particularly poultry and small stock, play a significant role in smoothing income fluctuations due to HIV/AIDS. Cattle sales compensate for 71 per cent of income shortfalls due to HIV/AIDS. About 90 per cent of HIV/AIDS-afflicted households, headed mainly by women or children, used poultry and goats as consumption-smoothing strategies when faced with negative income shocks. Government and other stakeholders were advised to support the use of small stock as a strategy for coping with HIV/AIDS economic shock in female- or child-headed households in rural areas.

Date: 2008
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