Research, Policy and Practice
From: Role of camel milk in pastoral livelihoods in Kenya: contribution to household diet and income
Foodstuff | Wet season | Dry season | Chi-square | ||||||
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Daily consumption (kg or L) | Average prices/kg or L | Expenditure (KSh) | Proportion of total expenditure (%) | Daily consumption (kg or L) | Average prices/kg or L | Expenditure (KSh) | Proportion of total expenditure (%) | ||
Cow milk | 1.63 | 48.69 | 79.36 | 10.40 | 0.52 | 50.71 | 26.37 | 3.91 | 2.278 |
Camel milk | 2.04 | 53.80 | 109.75 | 14.38 | 2.54 | 74.80 | 189.99 | 28.19 | 4.887** |
Cow meat | 0.54 | 266.00 | 143.64 | 18.83 | 0.21 | 294.00 | 61.74 | 9.16 | 3.071 |
Goat meat | 0.43 | 308.25 | 132.55 | 17.37 | 0.33 | 358.35 | 118.26 | 17.55 | 0.028 |
Camel meat | 0.64 | 278.50 | 178.24 | 23.36 | 0.54 | 321.50 | 173.61 | 25.76 | 0.053 |
Maize meal | 0.52 | 70.20 | 36.50 | 4.78 | 0.42 | 67.40 | 28.31 | 4.20 | 0.019 |
Vegetables | 0.30 | 21.33 | 6.40 | 0.84 | 0.34 | 16.67 | 5.67 | 0.84 | 0.630 |
Oil | 0.13 | 122.80 | 15.96 | 2.09 | 0.10 | 137.00 | 13.70 | 2.03 | 0.202 |
Rice | 0.13 | 81.00 | 10.53 | 1.38 | 0.11 | 72.40 | 7.96 | 1.18 | 0.249 |
Spaghetti | 0.14 | 75.30 | 10.54 | 1.38 | 0.13 | 76.30 | 9.92 | 1.47 | 0.283 |
Sugar | 0.34 | 116.20 | 39.51 | 5.18 | 0.33 | 116.60 | 38.48 | 5.71 | 0.024 |
Total | 762.99 | 100.00 | 674.00 | 100.00 |