IV.1.2.11.Livestock
From the results compiled in the table 15, 60% of farmers do
not own a cow. However 88.9% of wealthy farmers have more than 3 cows meaning
that these farmers can easily access farmyard manure needed for farming. In
addition they can produce milk as an extra benefit. Majority of intermediate
farmers (63.6%) own between 1 and 2 cattle while few poor farmers own a cow.
Referring to the criteria of farmer categorization, poor farmers should not
possess cattle. However in some cases we found farmers, especially poor farmers
keeping cattle for other farmers for the objective of accessing manure needed
for producing enough food. This phenomenon is locally known as
«Kuragiza». More than half of the surveyed farmers (53.8%) possess
goats in different proportions, but no one in the third class (poor farmers)
possess more than 4 goats, meaning that they can get limited quantity of manure
for allocation on the entire fields. 93.8% of the surveyed farmers do not
possess sheep. As for the small animals, 60% of the well-off farmers possess 1
to more than 4 chickens in their farms. Majority of intermediate and poor
farmers may possess at least 1 chicken. The reason for keeping small animals is
due to the fact that raising them does not require more resource and attention.
Chicken are also source of income since they can provide eggs. Also the table
shows that although half of the surveyed farmers (56,9%) does not possess pigs
but at least one farmer from each group possess 3 to 4 pigs. Pigs are easy to
raise and less demanding in terms of food requirements.
|
cattle
|
Number of livestock
|
Total
|
|
None
|
1 to 2
|
3 to 4
|
More than 4
|
|
|
Wealth category
|
|
Well-off farmer
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
1
|
9
|
|
|
|
11,1%
|
,0%
|
77,8%
|
11,1%
|
100,0%
|
|
|
Intermediate farmer
|
7
|
14
|
1
|
0
|
22
|
|
|
|
31,8%
|
63,6%
|
4,5%
|
,0%
|
100,0%
|
|
|
Poor farmer
|
31
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
34
|
|
|
|
91,2%
|
8,8%
|
,0%
|
,0%
|
100,0%
|
|
Total
|
39
|
17
|
8
|
1
|
65
|
|
60,0%
|
26,2%
|
12,3%
|
1,5%
|
100,0%
|
|
goats
|
|
Wealth category
|
|
Well-off farmer
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
9
|
|
|
|
44,4%
|
11,1%
|
11,1%
|
33,3%
|
100,0%
|
|
|
Intermediate farmer
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
22
|
|
|
|
36,4%
|
22,7%
|
18,2%
|
22,7%
|
100,0%
|
|
|
Poor farmer
|
18
|
10
|
6
|
0
|
34
|
|
|
|
52,9%
|
29,4%
|
17,6%
|
,0%
|
100,0%
|
|
Total
|
30
|
16
|
11
|
8
|
65
|
|
46,2%
|
24,6%
|
16,9%
|
12,3%
|
100,0%
|
|
sheep
|
|
Wealth category
|
|
Well-off farmer
|
7
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
|
|
|
77,8%
|
,0%
|
11,1%
|
11,1%
|
100,0%
|
|
|
Intermediate farmer
|
20
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
22
|
|
|
|
90,9%
|
4,5%
|
4,5%
|
,0%
|
100,0%
|
|
|
Poor farmer
|
34
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
34
|
|
|
|
100,0%
|
,0%
|
,0%
|
,0%
|
100,0%
|
|
Total
|
61
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
65
|
|
93,8%
|
1,5%
|
3,1%
|
1,5%
|
100,0%
|
|
chickens
|
|
Wealth category
|
|
Well-off farmer
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
9
|
|
|
|
33,3%
|
11,1%
|
11,1%
|
44,4%
|
100,0%
|
|
|
Intermediate farmer
|
17
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
22
|
|
|
|
77,3%
|
13,6%
|
4,5%
|
4,5%
|
100,0%
|
|
|
Poor farmer
|
30
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
34
|
|
|
|
88,2%
|
8,8%
|
,0%
|
2,9%
|
100,0%
|
|
Total
|
50
|
7
|
2
|
6
|
65
|
|
76,9%
|
10,8%
|
3,1%
|
9,2%
|
100,0%
|
|
Pigs/Others (rabbit....)
|
Table 15: Livestock
ownerships in wealth group categories
|
Wealth category
|
|
Well-off farmer
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
|
44,4%
|
44,4%
|
11,1%
|
0.0%
|
100,0%
|
|
|
Intermediate farmer
|
10
|
11
|
1
|
0
|
22
|
|
|
|
45,5%
|
50,0%
|
4,5%
|
0.0%
|
100,0%
|
|
|
Poor farmer
|
23
|
9
|
2
|
0
|
34
|
|
|
|
67,6%
|
26,5%
|
5,9%
|
0.0%
|
100,0%
|
|
Total
|
37
|
24
|
4
|
0
|
65
|
|
56,9%
|
36,9%
|
6,2%
|
0.0%
|
100,0%
|
|
|
