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VIII - Food consumption and food expenditures Kyrgyz families eat 3 meals a day together, as schedules allow 77 .o Breakfast: black tea with sugar, and honey or preserves on buttered bread;o Main meal is usually dinner: hot meal traditionally consisting of meat, rice or noddles,bread and vegetables.o Every meal begins and ends with several cups of tea, usually heavily sweetened.o Common dishes include plov – rice with lamb, carrots, onions, and garlic -, and manty– steamed meat and onions sealed in dough patties.o Potatoes and rice are stapleso There are various breads: dark, long loaf (byolko) and flat (tahngdyr nahn)o Seasonal produce includes tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, cabbage, apples, grapesand melon. They are preserved for winter months.o Nuts, especially walnuts, are readily available in the south.o The national Kyrgyz dish is beshbarmak, consisting of noddles and meat eaten withthe fingers. It is usually reserved for special occasions Most rural dinners eat from a common plate in the centre of the table. Each person mayhave a small individual plate on which to place food. Combined food consumption <strong>data</strong> from FAO Food Balance Sheet and National StatisticsCommittee <strong>data</strong>, indicate that:o bread, bakery products and potatoes have become the major food items consumed bythe population;o the consumption of meat and meat products, and oil crops (e.g. sunflower) hasdeclined;o milk and vegetables supply has increased; the contribution of vegetables to the dietincreased while milk and dairy products remained stable. The minimum food basket considered for Kyrgyzstan in the Kyrgyz Integrated HouseholdSurvey (KIHS) and World Bank’s poverty report represents 2100 kcal and the consumptionof a relevant, relatively low-income population group:Minimum food basket for Kyrgyzstan Calories per capita per day(2003) Kcal % kcalApproximate quantityTotal 2100 kcal 100% ~ 980 gBread and cereals 1350 kcal 64% ~ 390 gMilk and dairy products 101 kcal 5% ~ 170 gMeat and meat products 56 kcal 3% ~ 22 gFish ~ 0 ~0 ~ 0Cooking oil and fats 240 kcal 11% ~ 27 gEggs 9 kcal 0.4% ~ 13 gPotatoes 95 kcal 4% ~ 120 gVegetables 69 kcal 3% ~ 170 gFruits 15 kcal ~1% ~ 30 gSugar 154 kcal 7% ~ 38 gTea, coffee, beverages 5 kcal ~0 ~ 0Non alcoholic beverages 3 kcal ~0 ~ 0Other food products 1 kcal ~0 ~ 0Adapted from: Kyrgyz Republic Poverty Update. Profile of Living Standards in 2003 – World Bank reportNo.36602, August 2005 Despite the fact that Kyrgyzstan produces enough milk, meat, vegetables and a good partof its wheat requirements at national level, physical and economic access to sufficient foodto meet the nutritional requirements is not guaranteed for all the population. A majority ofhouseholds does not produce sufficient food to meet the dietary requirements of all theirmembers and does not possess enough income to purchase the complement. Food accessis severely constrained by poverty (see Section IX).77 Kyrgyzstan – CultureGrams World Edition 200939
At national level, per capita calorie, protein and fat intake 78 showed a minor decrease in2007 compared to 2006. However, the per capita kilocalorie was lower than the officialrequirements for Kyrgyzstan (2430 kcal/capita/day) and the gap deteriorated for kilocaloriesand proteins between 2006 and 2007:o gap of 210 kcal/cap/day for 2007 compared to 160 kcal/cap/day for 2006;o gap of 21 g of proteins/cap/day for 2007, compared to19 g for 2006;o gap of 16 g of fat/capita/day for both 2006 and 2007.2006 2007Kilocalories/capita/day 2,270 kcal 2,220 kcalProteins g/capita/day 59.9 g (10% kcal) 57.9 g (10% kcal)Fats g/capita/day 57.4 g (23% kcal) 57.5 g (23% kcal)Food Security Information Bulletin No.2/2008 – National Statistics Committee, Bishkek, 2008 The food intake of pensioners was on average larger than the food intake of other activepopulation members. Both intakes decreased between 2006 and 2007. Daily intakes werelower than the official food requirements for active members, as well as for children, with adeterioration observed between 2006 and 2007. The gap between children’s food intake and official food requirements was larger than forother groups of the population, particularly for children belonging to households in thepoorest and 2 nd wealth quintiles. The largest per capita kilocalorie intake was in Chui (2580 kcal) and Batken (2500 kcal)oblasts, while the lowest was in Jalal-Abad (1900 kcal), Osh (2040 kcal) and Narynoblasts (2100 kcal). However, the average food intake showed large variations from oneyear to another.Estimated food intake in 2007Kilocalories/capita/day Proteins g/capita/day Fats g/capita/dayKyrgyzstan 2220 kcal 57.9 g 57.5 gBatken oblast 2500 kcal 62.2 g 70.2 gJalal-Abad oblast 1900 kcal 50.7 g 42.7 gYssyk-Kul oblast 2300 kcal 56.8 g 59.2 gNaryn oblast 2100 kcal 62.6 g 50.7 gOsh oblast 2040 kcal 51.4 g 50.3 gTalas oblast 2380 kcal 61.6 g 60.3 gChui oblast 2580 kcal 67.7 g 71.5 gBishkek city 2340 kcal 63.9 g 68.0 gFood Security Information Bulletin No.2/2008 – National Statistics Committee, Bishkek, 2008 Not surprisingly, the poorer quintiles of the population have a lower per capita foodintake than the richer quintiles 79 . Alarmingly, between 2006 and 2007 the food intake of thepoorer quintiles also deteriorated more than the food intake of the richer quintiles, as shownby the gap between intakes and official requirements. Results indicate that only the 4 th andupper wealth quintiles cover their kilocalorie requirements. In 2003, most of the households in the poorest quintile, 2/3rds in the 2 nd quintile and 58% inthe 3 rd quintile did not meet the recommended daily kilocalorie intake per capita. The lowlevel of kilocalorie intake of the poorest and 2nd quintiles is worrying and indicates seriousrisks to health and well-being of these groups of the population All wealth quintiles decreased their kilocalorie and protein intake between 2006 and2007, though very little for the two wealthiest quintiles. Changes in fat intake were smallexcept for the poorest quintile.78 The per capita food intake is estimated on the basis of a comprehensive food diary maintained for aperiod of two weeks by the households randomly selected in the quarterly Kyrgyz Integrated HouseholdSurvey conducted by the National Statistics Committee.79 See Section IX for the methodology used by the National Statistics Committee to define poverty.Essentially, poverty is defined by the level of consumption expenditures (food and non-food) comparedto a pre-defined poverty line taken as reference.40
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