Empowering Women in Small-Scale Fisheries for Sustainable Food Systems (2020-2021)
Malawi, 2020 - 2021
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1.3.1 Can you please tell me what you know about the diet of the people in your area? (Common foods consumed in the community) (x1_3_1_can_you_please_tell_m)
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| - Common carbohydrates foods is rice, especially in Kaporo area. While other areas prefer Cassava and Maize flour. Fish and beans is common relish. - Chambo and Micheni is somehow expensive and many people can’t afford it, but Usipa and ndunduma. | 1 |
10%
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| - Common food is Nsima and fish Usipa or Utaka or Micheni - Fruits includes banana and pawpaw as well as Mangoes when in season - Vegetables include cabbage and green pumpkin leaves | 1 |
10%
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| - Maize flour (Nsima) and Fsh is common and usipa, utaka, are commonly foods found. Chambo is usually high valued fish for marketing. But other parts prefers Rice and Cassava flour. - Green leaf vegetable such as pumpkin leaves and cassava are also | 1 |
10%
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| - Malawians generally eat nsima with small fish. | 1 |
10%
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| - Most areas or communities are fish eating communities, though people have preference on the types of fish to eat. Mostly small fish are preferred, Usipa. - Malawi catches around 220 thousand metric tonnes of fish yearly and 70% is Usipa (small pelag | 1 |
10%
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| - No answer | 1 |
10%
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| - Nsima made from maize flour and sweet potatoes are carbohydrates regularly consumed, while green pumpkin leaves and mustard are vegetables found locally. - People also eat small fish species like Engraulicypris Sardella and Diplotaxodon, as well a | 1 |
10%
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| - The common carbohydrates foods takes are nsima and rice, while kambuzi, micheni, Diplotaxodon are common proteins consumed. Chambo and Engraulicypris Sardella demand is high in Lilongwe and fetches a lot of money on the market and hotels around Salima | 1 |
10%
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| - Nsima (Maize flour) is a common food that is consumed with small fish, Usipa and Utaka. Around 20% of the community members consumes fish. Chambo and Bombe is considered of high value at market and usually sold to make profits. - Vegetables not wide | 1 |
10%
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| - Nsima and small fish is common and usipa, utaka, kambuzi are small fish commonly found. Chambo is usually high valued fish for marketing. - Imported fish not common, but usually export chambo to Mozambique | 1 |
10%
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Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.