Forest Ecosystems

Table 2 Amount of food available from wild and domesticated/cultivated sources^a

From: Wild foods (plants and animals) in the green famine belt of Ethiopia: Do they contribute to household resilience to seasonal food insecurity?

Food Source	Amount produced (kg)
Food Source	Total	% of Total	Mean	Std.	Min.	Max.
Cultivated food*	692277	95.26	3147	2368	0.06	13115
Wild foods	34453	4.74	157	169	0.00	685
Total	726730	100.00	3303	2280	0.06	14610
Net available food	377725	51.98	409	293	0.06	1959

NB: meat of 1 antelope on average = 25kilogram; 1bird on average = 0.5kilogram
1 kg fish = 10fish; 1 ‘medeb’ cattle meat on average = 10 kg
^aincludes own produce, grain purchased and grain borrowed

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