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Table 4 List of food items accessed by Santhal households from pond and forests

From: Contribution of natural food environments to nutritional intake and biomarker status: insights from the women of indigenous santhal communities of Jharkhand, India

S. No

Food items

n

%

Food items accessed from pond (n = 118)

 1

Fish

114

96.6

 2

Snail

94

79.7

 3

Turtle

33

28.0

 4

Crab

7

5.9

Food items accessed from forests (n = 116)

 1

Wild edible mushrooms

86

74.1

 2

Wild edible plants

82

70.7

 3

Wild animals

63

54.3

 4

Medicinal plants

48

41.4

 5

Honey

27

23.3