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Number 29, Fall/Winter 1989
Dryland Gardening

Reynaud et al.: Table 3
A comparison of daily vegetable consumption in Kungel and Kumbija
(in grams per capita)

Foods

Kungel town dwellers (average)
1980
Kumbija village dwellers
1970 Survey
Home gardeners 1980
Home gardeners 1981
Non-gardeners 1980
Fresh tomato
21.9
18.6
5.0
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Tomato paste
10.2
0.6
0.3
2.0
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Cowpea
2.0
4.0
2.8
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Onions
25.5
11.6
4.6
11.6
4.0
"Bissap" leaves*
3.0
4.9
0.9
1.4

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Chili pepper
2.8
0.2
0.6
2.8
1.2
"Gombo-Kandia"*
2.0
1.3
0.2
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"Diakhatou"*
7.8
8.0
0.2
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Eggplant
2.0
3.1
0.1
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Cabbage
27.7
1.4
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Carrots
5.7
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Potatoes
13.5
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Cassava
11.0
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Total cultivated vegetables and tubers
124.9
53.1
14.4
15.8
5.2
"Nere-netetou"*
1.2
1.8
2.8
2.8
1.36
"Dimb fruit"*
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31.05
"Gouye"*
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0.9
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1.5
"Lalo mbep"*
1.0
0.6
1.8
1.8
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Total wild fruits and leaves
2.2
2.4
5.5
4.6
33.9


*English and Latin names are:
Bissap--Guinean sorrel--Hibiscus sabdarifera (Malvaceae)
Diakhatou--bitter tomato--[Latin name not available]
Dimb--Wild fruit--Hibiscus esculentus Abeimoschus (Malvaceae)
Lalo mbep--Dried sap from gum tree--Sterculia setigera (Sterculiaceae)
Nere-netetou--Fermented locust bean--Parkia biglobosa (Mimosaceae)
Gouye--Baobab fruit--Adansonia digitata (Bombaceae)

 

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