Seasons and Nutrition at the Kenya Coast

Bibliographic Data

ID2595332
AuthorsBen Wisner, Jan Hoorweg, J C Hoorweg, Dick Foeken, Wijnand Klaver
Year1998
Volume41
Issue1
Pages179
Publication date1998-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/524699
OpenAlexW2548145724
LanguageEN
References cited15

Population parameters by administrative unit 30 2 Climatic seasonality at selected stations 34 3 Mean annual rainfall and years with deviating rainfall 35 4 Agricultural land and number of farm families by agro-ecological zone 37 5 Agro-ecological characteristics of research areas 39 6 Household income in Coast Province by income source and region (1974-75) 46 7 Data collection 48 8 Average household size by research area 51 9 Male residency by research area 51 10 Houses, rooms and occupants by research area 52 11 Sanitary conditions by research area 53 12 Farm size and land use by research area 54 13 Farm labour by research area 55 14 Cereals and cassava production by research area 56 15 Food self-sufficiency by research area 57 16 Cash crop cultivation by research area 58 17 Livestock ownership by research area 59 18 Value of agricultural production by type of activity and research area 60 19 Agricultural productivity by research area 60 20 Frequency of off-farm employment by research area 61 21 Off-farm workers: place of work and residency by research area 62 22 Type of off-farm employment by research area 63 23 Household income from off-farm employment by research area 64 24 Household income by research area 65 25 Household income and poverty estimates by agro-ecological zone 65 26 Income composition by income class 66 27 Energy intake by survey round 70 28 Energy intake by food group and survey round 71 29 Contribution of macro-nutrients to energy intake by survey round 71 30 Protein intake by survey round 72 31 Origin of energy intake by survey round 72 32 Energy intake (subsistence) by survey round and food group 74 33 Energy intake (purchases) by survey round and food group 75 34 Energy intake by research area and food origin 75 35 Energy intake by research area and survey round 76 36 Variations in energy intake by research area and food origin 77 37 Seasonal variations in energy intake by agro-ecological zone 78 38 Seasonal variations in energy intake by income class 79 39 Adult women: anthropometry by survey round 83 40 Seasonal variation in nutritional status of adult women by research area 83 41 Seasonal variation in nutritional status of adult women by agro-ecological zone 84 42 Seasonal variation in nutritional status of adult women by income class 85 43 Summary of child anthropometry from different sources 86 44 Results for child anthropometry by age group 86 viii 45 lllness and malnutrition among young children by age group and survey round 87 46 Child growth velocities by age group and season 88 47 Seasonal variation in child growth velocities by research area 89 48 Seasonal variation in child growth velocities by agro-ecological zone 90 49 Seasonal variation in child growth velocities by income class 90 50 Value of agricultural production by wage income 122 List of Figures 1 Hypothetical fluctuations of energy requirements, energy intake and body weight in unimodal and bimodal tropical climates 14 2 Topographical cross-section of Kilifi District 31 3 Mean monthly rainfall as a percentage of mean annual rainfall 32 4 Monthly rainfall as percentage of year total 38 5 Agricultural calendar for K wale and Kilifi Districts 44 6 Energy intake by food group and food origin 73 List of Maps 1 Sub-Sahara Africa: dry months per annum 4 2 Seasonality index for Sub-Saharan Africa 4 3 Kwale•and Kilifi Districts: roads, service centres and research areas 26 4 Kwale and Kilifi Districts: agro-ecological zones 36 ix

Biology · Economics · Fishery · Geography · Socioeconomics · Coastal and Marine Management

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