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chapter one - introduction |
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outline of Central Nzemi economy |
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scarcities of rice; maize an taro as substitutes |
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footnotes indicated by boxes within square brackets |
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The Central Nzemi as a whole are now barely self-sufficient in rice and the Asalu cluster has definitely ceased to be so, although it had, like the rest of the Central Nzemi, an exportable surplus. Seasonal scarcity occurs between April and September in the Asalu cluster and among the poorer villagers in other settlements there is normally a scarcity period between June and September, when maize and taro are eaten as staple foods in lieu of rice. |
