Table 3.

Estimated percentage contributions of carbohydrate- and protein-supplying crops in southern Africa to total dietary intake (Scholes & Biggs 2004). (Several countries fall below the recommended minimum daily intake of calories (2100 kcal/person/day) and protein (52 g/person/day. Note: these figures are national averages: within-country disparities in food availability and consumption is often larger than those between countries; — represents no data.)

	carbohydrate nutrition					protein nutrition
grand total (kcal/person/day)	percentage contributiona				grand total (g)	percentage contributiona
cereals	roots	pulses	fruit and veg.	cerealsb	roots	pulses	animal products
Angola	1885	33	35	4	3	41.3	39	15	11	23
Botswana	2264	47	2	5	3	71.2	40	1	12	31
Burundi	1632	16	33	24	11	44.1	15	14	51	5
Congo	2159	25	38	1	6	42.8	36	13	4	24
Dem. Rep. Congo	1616	19	58	2	4	24.1	32	23	9	9
Eq. Guinea	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Gabon	2569	28	18	0	16	73.7	24	8	0	32
Kenya	2020	50	7	3	6	53.2	51	3	8	27
Lesotho	2298	78	3	3	1	63.7	77	3	6	9
Malawi	2133	60	16	5	4	53.4	62	11	13	6
Mozambique	1919	41	35	4	1	38.0	56	14	15	8
Namibia	2650	55	12	2	2	77.6	48	7	4	28
Rwanda	1919	15	33	14	25	48.1	21	18	40	6
South Africa	2875	54	2	1	3	76.6	57	2	2	28
Swaziland	2529	47	2	2	2	63.7	47	1	4	33
Tanzania	1942	50	21	5	4	47.6	49	10	13	16
Uganda	2324	22	22	8	23	56.2	20	11	22	17
Zambia	1888	65	13	1	1	47.1	68	4	2	11
Zimbabwe	2080	57	2	2	1	49.9	65	1	4	12
regionc	2088	42	21	4	6	48.8	45	11	11	17

^aPercentages do not add to 100, as not all sources are listed.

^bExcluding beer.

^cPopulation-weighted totals.