Effects of agricultural biodiversity and seasonal rain on dietary adequacy and household food security in rural areas of Kenya

Table 7 **Total number of different food items (agricultural biodiversity) in the two areas over the past year as reported by participants* and focus groups**

Categories	Types of food items
Categories	Domesticated/cultivated	Natural habitat	Total number
Animals	Goats, pigs, chicken, rabbit, sheep, ducks, cows	Antelopes	8
Cereals, pulses and roots	Maize, beans, sorghum, pigeon peas, cowpeas, millet, arrow roots	None	7
Nuts	Ground nuts, macadamia nuts	None	2
Fruits	Paw paws, avocadoes, bananas, oranges, mangoes	Wild berries	6
Vegetables	Kales and tomatoes	Amaranth sp Amaranthus blitum (terere)	3
Total biodiversity	23	3	26

*Mean agricultural biodiversity scores was 6.6 (SD 2.44) in Akhitii and 7.2 (SD 4.19) in Uringu.

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