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. 2020 Sep;26:100458. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100458

Table 3.

Consumption of sorghum, millets, and maize in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya (kg/capita/year).

Country Sorghum Millets Maize
By location
National Urban Rural National Urban Rural National Urban Rural
Ethiopia 50 14 57 9 3 11 44 11 51
Tanzania 16 8 18 6 5 7 70 46 79
Uganda 7 9 4 5 4 6 53 39 59
Kenya 3 Na. Na. 2 2 2 94 58 109
Weighted mean 26 7 30 6 4 7 71 38 59
Urban, by income
Sorghum Millets Maize
Low Middle High Low Middle High Low Middle High
Ethiopia 14 15 12 3 4 2 17 18 11
Tanzania 10 3 7 2 4 7 39 48 58
Uganda 4 1 1 4 2 6 40 37 26
Kenya <1 <1 <1 3 2 2 52 75 60
Rural, by income
Sorghum Millets Maize
Low Middle High Low Middle High Low Middle High
Ethiopia 39 61 68 7 11 13 57 75 93
Tanzania 23 13 12 5 8 20 67 104 142
Uganda 14 6 3 5 6 7 60 54 58
Kenya <1 <1 <1 1 1 2 102 110 110

Source: Gierend and Orr (2015), p.49, Table 12; p. 54, Table 14.