Table 2. Zn Concentration measured in staple crops collected from markets (ppm dry mass; 10 ppm = 1 mg 100 g-1).
| Household Sample Value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCT | % < | ||||||
| Min | Median | Mean | Max | Sdev | Value | FCT | |
| Maize flour | 1.5 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 24.4 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 70.0 |
| Millet flour | 13.7 | 18.6 | 18.7 | 26.4 | 2.3 | 18.8 | 58.6 |
| Cassava flour | 2.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 8.2 | 1.3 | 7.7 | 93.5 |
| Cowpeas | 24.7 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 39.5 | 4.0 | 43.9 | 100.0 |
| White rice | 10.4 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 20.9 | 2.6 | 13.8 | 19.4 |
| Matooke | 5.6 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 10.6 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
Stars denote significant differences compared to FCT values using a t-test for mean values and a Wilcoxon test for median values (*** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1). Source for FCT values: HarvestPlus 1041 from USDA-21 20522 (maize flour), HarvestPlus 1104 from USDA-21 20031 (millet flour), HarvestPlus 2020 from WFDA 10120 (cassava flour, Indonesia), HarvestPlus 6211 from USDA-21 11191 (cowpeas), HarvestPlus 1201 from USDA-21 20450 (white rice), and HarvestPlus 5001 from USDA-21 9277 (matooke).