Forest Products, Livelihoods and Conservation

(Darren Dugan) #1
Phosiso Sola 255

Item Fruit Shopping Winnowing
basket basket basket
Part used Unopened Unopened Unopened
leaf leaf leaf

Length of part used Mean 83 103 117
Standard 50 41 26
deviation

Number of parts Mean 9.33 6.25 9
used per item Standard 1.21 3.95 1
deviation

Making (days) Mean 1.6 1.75 3.0
Standard 5 0.96 1.41
deviation

Number produced Mean 11.3 7.5 6.67
per household Standard
per year deviation 4.73 3.54 0.587

Producers (%) 41 44 19

Table 2. Basket making in Xini

Photo 2. SEVACA women in Chishinya village show their artefacts made from
palm: winnowing baskets/wall hangings, fruit baskets and mats
(Photo by P. Sola)

14PALM.P65 255 22/12/2004, 11:05

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