The Nyasaland Survey Papers 1938-1943, Agriculture, Food and HealthVeronica Berry, Celia Petty |
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acres adults African agricultural amount animal average basal metabolism basket beans beer Biwi boys brewed bush Calories cassava cattle Chewa consumed consumption cooked cowpeas crop cultivation diet dimba dried dry season eaten estimated expended factors fertility finger millet fish flour foodstuffs foothill village fresh fruit garden girls given grain groundnuts harvesting hill and foothill hill village hoeing huts important intake investigation Jere Jere's Kasamba Kota district labour lake shore village land leaves legumes maize marriage matrilineal meat method months mowa mwini native Ngoni nsima Nutrition Survey Nyasaland obtained period person days planting Platt population porridge pounding present production protein rains recorded requirements rice rural salt shifting cultivation side dish soil staple supply Survey villages sweet sweet potatoes Table temperature three villages Tobwa urbanized area vitamin weeding weight whole women