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Figure 5. Proportion <strong>of</strong> Households Earn<strong>in</strong>g Non-Farm Income by<br />

Source (From Household Survey Data)<br />

35%<br />

30%<br />

25%<br />

20%<br />

15%<br />

10%<br />

5%<br />

0%<br />

Wages<br />

10%<br />

Brew<strong>in</strong>g/Distill<strong>in</strong>g<br />

18%<br />

Trad<strong>in</strong>g<br />

None (only Agriculture)<br />

21% 21% 21% 23%<br />

c<br />

Rural Services<br />

Fish<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Casual Labour<br />

34%<br />

5.2.3 Trends <strong>in</strong> Food Consumption Patterns<br />

<strong>The</strong> next area <strong>of</strong> analysis was changes <strong>in</strong> food consumption patterns over time, with particular<br />

emphasis on cop<strong>in</strong>g mechanisms for deal<strong>in</strong>g with periods <strong>of</strong> food shortage. <strong>The</strong> food<br />

consumption trend patterns are illustrated <strong>in</strong> the figure below.<br />

Figure 6. Changes <strong>in</strong> Food Consumption Patterns Dur<strong>in</strong>g Times <strong>of</strong><br />

Abundance and Shortage<br />

100%<br />

80%<br />

60%<br />

40%<br />

20%<br />

0%<br />

Abundan<br />

ce 2001<br />

Abundan<br />

ce 1981<br />

Shortage<br />

2001<br />

Shortage<br />

1981<br />

Cassava 25% 21% 21% 21%<br />

Sw eetPotato 21% 17% 7% 12%<br />

Maize 11% 7% 16% 5%<br />

Millet 13% 26% 9% 17%<br />

Sorghum 8% 8% 20% 13%<br />

Wild 0% 0% 12% 17%<br />

Legumes 9% 11% 9% 10%<br />

Changes <strong>in</strong> consumption <strong>of</strong> millet (decl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g) and maize (<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g) dur<strong>in</strong>g times <strong>of</strong> abundance<br />

are both significant at the 1% level. With respect to trends <strong>in</strong> consumption dur<strong>in</strong>g times <strong>of</strong>

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