Table 11 Recommendations to improve dietary intake

Dark green leafy vegetables

Beetroot*

Promote and strengthen existing good patterns

Strengthen existing good patterns

Promote existing good patterns

Promote existing good patterns

Legumes*

Pumpkins*

Spinach

Sweet potatoes*

African leafy vegetables (‘wild’ or cultivated)

Other vegetables

Beetroot

Promote and strengthen existing good patterns

Strengthen existing good patterns

Strengthen existing good patterns

Promote existing good patterns

Cabbage

Cucumber

Eggplant (brinjal)#

Green beans

Gem squash/‘Calabash’/other squash and pumpkin

Green peppers^&

Lettuce

Onions^&

Tomatoes Zucchini (baby marrow)#

Other fruit

Apples

Promote existing good patterns

Promote and strengthen existing good patterns

Promote and strengthen existing good patterns

Promote existing good patterns

Avocados

Bananas

Berries

Citrus fruit

Figs

Guava (this tree has been classified as an invader species, and although high in nutrition, should not be recommended for cultivation)

Pears

Pineapples

Plums#

Watermelons

Short-term: Orange-fleshed vegetables

Carrots

Dark orange pumpkin, butternut or squash

Orange sweet potatoes

Promote existing good patterns

Strengthen existing good patterns

Promote existing good patterns

Promote existing good patterns

Longer term: Orange-coloured fruit

Apricots

Promote existing good patterns

Promote existing good patterns

Promote existing good patterns

Promote existing good patterns

Loquats

Mangos

Papaya

Orange peaches

Spanspek (cantaloupe)#