APPENDIX 2: Assumptions and conversion factors.
Table A2.1: Conversion factors for farm products
Farm product
CONVERSION FACTORS FOR FARM PRODUCTS
Unit
Conversion
Source
Maize
Potatoes
Soybean
Groundnut (unshelled)
Beans
Wheat flour
Millet grain
Rice
Wheat grain
Bambara groundnut
Pumpkin
Butternut
Kale/rape vegetables
Sugarcane
Bananas
1 bag
1 litre
1 litre
1 litre
1 litre
1 litre
1 litre
1 litre
1 litre
1 litre
1 piece
1 bucket
1 bundle
1 stalk
1 bunch
50 kg DW
769 g DW
721 g DW
272 g DW
801 g DW
593 g
780 g DW
753 g DW
790 g DW
750 g DW
1 kg FW
10 kg FW
0.5 kg FW
1 kg FW
5 kg FW
Sunflower seed
1 bag
30 kg FW
Tomatoes
5 litre
2.72 kg FW
Cucumber
Onion, carrot, orange, guava
Mango
Pawpaw
Grape
Apple
Spring onion
Cabbage
Chicken
Cattle
Turkey
Goat
1 bucket
1 bucket
1 bucket
1 fruit
1 bunch
1 fruit
1 piece
1 head
1 chicken
1 cattle
1 turkey
1 goat
12 kg FW
10.88 kg FW
12 kg FW
0.5 kg FW
1 kg FW
150 g FW
20 g FW
0.5 kg FW
1.5 kg meat
144 kg meat
4 kg meat
30 kg meat
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omatoes_weigh&altQ=How_much_does_a_gallon_of_tomatoe
s_weigh&isLookUp=1
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Estimate
Estimate
http://www.answers.com/topic/spring-onion-1
Estimate
Mwalusanya et al. 2002
Moyo 1995
Estimate
Estimate
Table A2.2: Conversion factors for NTFPs
CONVERSION FACTORS FOR NTFPs
Conversion
Source
NTFRP
Quantity
Firewood
1 bundle
1 cartload
1 litre
1 fruit
1 liter
25 kg DW
340 kg DW
0.6 kg FW
15 g FW
0.6 kg FW
1 fruit
15 g FW
1 litre
1 bundle
1 litre
250 g FW
0.85 kg FW
208 g FW
Parinari curatellifolia
Uapaca kirkiana
Amanita zambiana
Thatch grass
Termites
Biran et al. 2004
Benjaminsen 1997
Measurement
Measurement
Measurement
Measurement,
http://www.worldagroforestry.org/downloads/publications/PD
Fs/pp05177.doc
http://www.veg-world.com/articles/cups.htm
Estimate
Estimate
Poles
1 pole
1 cartload
10 kg DW
20 poles DW
Cape hare
1 hare
3 kg FW
Strychnos spinosa
1 fruit
1 litre
1 adult
1 litre
1 litre
1 litre
1 cubic m
1 cup
0.3 kg FW
0.8 kg FW
2.5 g FW
0.6 kg FW
0.6 kg FW
0.5 kg FW
210 kg DW
75 g FW
Grasshoppers
Vitex payos
Azanza garckeana
Leaf litter
Cochorus oditorius
Estimate
Estimate
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/mammals/lagomorpha/lep
us_saxatilis.htm
Measurement
Estimate
Estimate, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migratory_locust
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Estimate
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Table A2.3: Conversion factors local units to universal units
Local unit
Scotch cart
Wheelbarrow
Handful
Plate
Deep plate
Cup
Big cup
Small dish
Dish
Bucket
Bag
90 kg bag
CONVERSION FACTORS LOCAL UNITS TO UNIVERSAL UNITS
Quantity
Conversion
Source
1 cart
1 barrow
1 handful
1 plate
1 plate
1 cup
1 cup
1 dish
1 dish
1 bucket
1 bag
1 bag
800 L
27.5 L
150 mL
0.7 L
1.5 L
250 mL
500 mL
3L
5L
20 L
69 L
90 kg of maize
Measurement
Measurement
Estimate
Estimate
Estimate
Estimate
Estimate
Respondents’ estimate
Estimate
Respondents’ estimate
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