Table 3.
Source of live chickens, chicken meat, eggs, and chicken litter compost among households that purchased these products in the past week of the survey date in Maputo, Mozambique in May–June 2021 (weighted statistics)1.
| Sources |
Broiler chicken meat2 |
Live broiler chickens2 |
Live indigenous chicken3 |
Eggs |
Chicken litter compost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 78,436) | (N = 14,986) | (N = 1950) | (N = 81,432) | (N = 17,891) | |
| Wet markets | 13,820 (17.6 %) | 2903 (19.4 %) | 316 (16.2 %) | 13,054 (16.0 %) | 327 (1.8 %) |
| Supermarkets | 2289 (3.0 %) | 0 (0 %) | 0 (0 %) | 3221 (4.0 %) | 0 (0 %) |
| Corner stores4 | 44,734 (57.0 %) | 0 (0 %) | 636 (32.6 %) | 50,119 (61.5 %) | 0 (0 %) |
| Family/friends/neighbors | 1301 (1.7 %) | 1613 (10.8 %) | 998 (51.2 %) | 4010 (5.0 %) | 4223 (23.6 %) |
| Directly from farmers | 13,267 (16.9 %) | 9506 (63.4 %) | 0 (0 %) | 6869 (8.4 %) | 6903 (38.6 %) |
| Directly from layers that I own | 316 (0.4 %) | 316 (2.1 %) | 0 (0 %) | 1941 (2.4 %) | 640 (3.6 %) |
| Directly from broiler chickens that I own | 2619 (3.3 %) | 648 (4.3 %) | 0 (0 %) | 316 (0.4 %) | 4232 (23.7 %) |
1
Survey weighting was conducted using district level population data. The design weight for each participating household was the inverse of their probability of selection in the corresponding district.
2
Chickens specifically bred to provide meat.
3
Local chickens, native to Mozambique.
4
Small convenience shops on streets.