Table 5.

Reasons given for the expansion of gardens to farms, by wealth category

	Wealth category						Total
	Destitute	Very poor	Poor	Medium	Moderately wealthy	Wealthy
Reasons
Avoid selling livestock	0	0	0	3	8	9	20
Family growth	0	1	2	3	5	6	17
Hunger	2	0	0	1	7	4	14
Higher standard of living	0	0	3	3	0	3	9
Wanted alternative foods	0	0	0	0	4	5	9
Decreased livestock	0	1	2	2	2	0	7
For money to buy livestock	0	0	1	0	1	1	3
Influenced by others	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Preferred maize	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
To get money for household	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Give to friend	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Was raided	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
In case of drought	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Interested in cultivation	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total	4	2	9	12	30	32	89