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Table 3 Indigenous food production practices in the participants households

From: Seasonality of associations between production of indigenous foods and food security status of mother-child dyads in Kisumu County, Kenya

Proportion of participants producing selected indigenous foods

Indigenous food

n

Percentage (%)

 Kidney beans

71

37.6

 Soya beans

5

2.6

 Millet

7

3.7

 Sorghum

34

18.0

 Cassava

57

30.2

 Sweet potatoes

52

27.5

 Groundnuts

70

37.0

 Green grams

19

10.1

 Cow peas

53

28.0

 Amaranth leaves

54

28.6

 Spider plant leaves

59

31.2

 Black nightshade leaves

30

15.9

 Mangoes

97

51.3

 Guavas

79

41.8

 Lime

42

22.2

 Tamarind

10

5.3

  1. Mean Land Ownership: 1.14 (± 3.69 SD) Acres
  2. Mean Size of Land Cultivated: 1.03 (± 1.67 SD) Acres
  3. n = number of participants (n = 189)