of the rural economy and resources available at the household level for investment in off-farm
activities.

 Table 2.1 Results of Household Simulation

 Household 1 Household 2 Household 3 Household 4 Household 5
 (28 percent) (13 percent) (15-20 percent) (15-20 percent) (6 percent)

 Characteristics

 Male-headed Female-headed Male-headed Male-headed Male-headed

 4 adult equiv. 3.5 adult equiv. 4.4 adult equiv. 4.4 adult equiv. 5 adult equiv.

 2 working adults I working adult 2 working adults 2 working adults 3 working adults

 Cropping
 Pattern

 0.4 ha. land 0.29 ha. land 1.0 ha.land 1.0 ha. land 2.0 ha. land

 0.35 ha. local 0.25 ha. local 0.6 ha. local maize 0.5 ha. local maize 0.7 ha. local maize
 maize maize

 0.05 ha. ,4 ha. groundnuts 0.25 ha. hybrid 0.2 ha. hybrid 0.7 ha. hybrid
 groundnuts 9.(9" maize maize maize

 0.15 ha. tobacco 0.3 ha. cotton 0.4 ha. tobacco

 0.2 ha. groundnuts

 purchased inputs purchased inputs purchased inputs

 Food Security

 produces 304 kg produces 217 kg surplus maize self-sufficient in surplus maize
 maize, 35 percent maize, 28 percent producer maize producer
 of requirement, 4 of requirement,
 months worth. 3.5 months worth I

 produces 19 kg produces 15 kg Income (current) Income (current) Income (current)
 groundnuts groundnuts 174 MK in 90/91 110 MK in 90/91 639 MK in 90/91
 = 50 kg maize, = 40 kg maize, 1803 MK in 94/95 431 MK in 94/95 5619 MK in 94/95
 90/91 90/91 (1468 MK (361 MK cotton) (3915 MK
 = 14 kg maize, = 11.5 kg maize, tobacco) tobacco)
 94/95 94/95

 Chronic food Chronic food Normally food Normally food Normally food
 insecurity insecurity secure secure secure

 Transitory food Transitory food Can cope with Insufficient Can cope with
 insecurity insecurity poor years reserves for poor poor years
 years