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A dietary survey among the Zande of the south-western Sudan
Agricultural Publications Committee, Ministry of Agriculture, Sudan Govt. • Khartoum • Published In 1950 • Pages:
By: Culwick, G. M., Mrs..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This report was written by an agricultural expert to contribute data and information to the Sudan government in directing its Azande economic development scheme. Culwick examines and evaluates dietary patterns, food production, economic organization of agriculture, and nutrition among the Azande. Information is drawn from the author's field survey among a population sample of rural peasant farmers and wage-earners from the Zande district. The main subjects of analysis include: economic structure and organization of the household, seasonal distribution of various types of agriculture, the productive capacity of the agricultural economy, frequency of occurrence by season and locality of various crops (cereals, roots, legumes, vegetables, fruits, cucurbits, etc.), intensity of land use for each main crop category, and the amount of labor expenditure on a daily-monthly-seasonal basis. Also found are qualitative and quantitative data on patterns of food consumption and dietary intake according to crop, season, and locality, and a nutritional analysis of this food intake according to its food value and the dietary requirements of the sample population. Culwick discusses the variables of food production, nutritional requirements, and dietary intake to determine where nutritional deficiencies and lapses may lie and the extent to which existing agricultural and dietary patterns meet Azande nutritional requirements. The orientation of the survey is toward framing some proposals and suggestions for improving the standard of performance of agriculture and to raise the overall levels of nutrition. Finally, it should be noted that the population of the Zande district is ethnically mixed. 'For the purpose of this report, those living south of Tambura, though admittedly mixed, are called collectively Zande: those living north and north-west, a number of smaller tribal units under Zande rulers, are called collectively Balanda' (p. 14).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural participation
- Nutrition
- Annual cycle
- Tillage
- Diet
- Nonalcoholic beverages
- Food preparation
- Alcoholic beverages
- Household
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Azande
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Technical Personnel
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gilbert Winer ; Robert O. Lagacé ; 1968
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwestern Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- by G. M. Culwick ; with a clinical note by P. H. Abbott
- Data referring to the Balanda have been indexed for category 184 in addition to the pertinent topical categories.
- Pages 157-167 were included as a separate document; see this file, 62: Abbott. 'Map of Area' on page 156 was not found in the original text
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80497905
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zande (African people)