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Table 4.2 Household energy requirements by age and gender
Age
Energy requirements
(kcal/person/day)
Cereal requirements
(kg/year) at 70% of energy
Male
Female
Male
Female
0-4
1320
1250
92.9
88.0
5-14
2175
1885
153.1
132.7
15-19
2700
2120
190.0
149.2
20-59
2460
1990
173.1
140.1
60þ
2010
1780
141.5
125.3
Source: WFP/UNHCR, 1997.
Total cereals accessed in 2005-2006
Total cereals accessed by households in the 2005/06 marketing year was
calculated by summing all sources of cereals:
. Personal production consumed: The amount of maize accessed - the most
common cereal - was obtained by subtracting the amount sold, exchanged
or given away from the total amount harvested from urban areas, plus the
rural production consumed in urban areas. Tubers were converted to an
equivalent amount of maize, then added to other cereals to give the total
kilograms of cereal consumed from people's own production. The
conversion factor used was 1140 kcal/3630 kcal ¼ 0.31; that is, kilograms of
tubers were multiplied by 0.31 to get the maize equivalent. This was divided
by 12 to get the monthly personal production contribution.
. Purchased food: Information was provided by households related to the
quantity of food purchased. This was converted into kilocalories for the
study month.
. Direct sources of food: Cereals - maize, sorghum and millet, wheat, rice
and maize meal - obtained from relatives, churches or other donors and
other friends other than derived from personal production were calculated
for eight months and monthly quantities obtained.
Food security status
Food security status was calculated using the contribution of all cereal foods
available to the family's household calorie intake during the month of the
survey. The quantity for each household per month as well as for each food
item was calculated for the survey month. Then, using calorie requirements
for different age groups, the ideal monthly energy intake for each household
was calculated.
Limitations of the study
The study does not claim to be exhaustive and flawless, because there are
some assumptions and drawbacks that one needs to be aware of when using
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