Food Habits of Tanzania

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Black eye beans

Legumes

Pulses used by tirbe and region

Local name	English name	Region	Tribe	Year	PDF Article
	Groundnuts Kidney beans Cowpeas Bambara nuts Pigeon peas	Tabora, Uyui		1967	PDF Report of a dietary survey in Tabora region_1967
	Groundnuts (Voandzeiy subterrabea Thou.) Bambara (Arachis hypogoaea) Groundnuts Chickpeas Cowpeas	Bukoba	Bahaya	1954	PDF East African Medical survey Monograph No 2; 1954
Njugu	Bambara Groundnut (Voandzeiy subterrabea Thou.)	Ukara Island, Lake Viktoria		1951	PDF East African Medical survey, annual report No. 3 1951
	Ground nuts Beans and peas of different species	North west Tanganyika	Sukuma	1965	PDF Preliminary inquiry into the Sukuma diet 1965

Pulses which were used in Tanzania in the 1930s

• Soya beans (introduced)
  
• Dolichos beans (fiwi bean)
  
• Field peas
  
• Pigeon peas (mbaazi)
  
• Cowpeas (kunde beans)
  
• Maharagwe beans

Reference: French, M. H. (1937). "Some notes on the common foodstuffs used in the diet of East African natives." East African Medical Journal 13: 374-378.

Which Tanzania's tribes consumed beans in the past?

PDF: Tribes of Tanganyika_1935

Which pulses were consumed in the Tabora region in 1967?

Read more about the food habits of the Tabora region in the following article:

PDF: Report of a dietary survey in Tabora region 1967

Pulses consumed in the Kidugalo village 1965-1967

PDF: Nutrition survey in the Kidugalo village 1965-1967

Analysis of some important foodstuffs of Usambara 1966-1967

Chemical analysis on:

• Bean seeds
  
• Nutrient content of some foods commonly used in Northeastern Tanzania

  PDF: Nutrition and health in Usambara 1966
  

Created by Verena Raschke 2005 / Contact