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Research, Policy and Practice

Table 2 Pastoral household food basket per day

From: Role of camel milk in pastoral livelihoods in Kenya: contribution to household diet and income

Foodstuff

Proportion of respondents (%)

Daily consumption (kg or L) per average household

Average price in KSh/kg/L

Expenditure (KSh)

Proportion of total expenditure (%)

Cow milk

87.6

1.08

49.70

53.43

7.41

Camel milk

60.9

2.29

64.30

147.25

20.42

Cow meat

30.2

0.38

280

105.00

14.56

Goat meat

32.2

0.38

333.30

126.65

17.56

Camel meat

30.7

0.59

300.00

177.00

24.55

Maize meal

74.8

0.47

68.80

32.34

4.48

Vegetables

65.8

0.32

19.00

6.08

0.84

Oil

89.1

0.12

129.90

14.94

2.07

Rice

59.4

0.12

76.70

9.20

1.28

Spaghetti

51.5

0.14

75.80

10.23

1.42

Sugar

100.0

0.34

116.40

38.99

5.41

Total

   

721.11

100.00

  1. Note: The expenditure is calculated based on the average local market prices in 2012.