Niunhella
Major characteristics of the households of Niunhella village.
|
Characteristics |
Categories |
Percentage (%) |
|
Gender |
Male |
50 |
|
|
Female |
50 |
|
Ethnicity |
Sinhalese |
100 |
|
|
Buddhist |
100 |
|
Age (years) |
<5 |
4 |
|
|
5-18 |
16 |
|
|
19-60 |
61 |
|
|
>60 |
19 |
|
Level of education of mother |
Up to GCE A/L |
48 |
|
|
Up to GCE O/L |
44 |
|
|
No schooling |
8 |
|
Level of education of father |
Up to GCE A/L |
29 |
|
|
Up to GCE O/L |
67 |
|
|
No schooling |
4 |
Time use patterns of members of households in Niunhella BFN project site.
|
Village |
People engaged in paid employment (%) |
People engaged in unpaid employment (%) |
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|
|
Regular |
Irregular |
Home gardening |
Crop cultivation |
Chena cultivation |
*Forest collection |
|
Niunhella |
64.8 |
35.2 |
64.6 |
32 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
* Collection from common property land such as stream banks etc.
Distribution of different agroecosystems in sampled area of Niunhella BFN study site.
|
Land use type |
Extent |
|
|
|
Area (ha) |
Precentage |
|
Home gardens |
58.49 |
36 |
|
Rubber plantation |
56.25 |
14 |
|
Annual crop (paddy) |
31.35 |
19 |
|
Tea Plantation |
13.12 |
8 |
|
Chena lands |
2.75 |
2 |
|
Coconut lands |
1.5 |
1 |
|
Total |
163.46 |
|
Average extent of land area owned by households in Niunhella BFN project site.
|
Village |
Average size of land extent (ac) |
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|
Home Garden |
Low land |
Up Land |
|
|
|
0.57 |
0.304 |
0.66 |
Raring of farm animals in Niunhella BFN project site.
|
Item |
Newunhella (%) |
|
Cattle |
3 |
|
Buffaloes |
6.8 |
|
Goats |
0 |
|
Swine |
0 |
|
Poultry |
2 |
Number of plant and animal species recorded from Niunhella BFN project site.
|
Item |
Number |
|
Number of vegetable species |
32 |
|
Number of leafy vegetable species |
15 |
|
Number of starchy food species |
11 |
|
Number of fruit bearing species |
17 |
|
Number of spice crops |
5 |
|
Number of oil producing crops |
1 |
|
Number of non food plants |
12 |
|
Number of animal species |
4# |
Food products obtained from home garden.
|
Crop category |
No. of households (n) |
Percentage (%) |
|
Cereals & Pulses |
57 |
1.0 |
|
Vegetables |
55 |
40.0 |
|
Green leaves |
58 |
84.0 |
|
Starchy roots/yams/jack |
32 |
79.0 |
|
Fruits |
59 |
89.0 |
|
Others* |
34 |
48.6 |
*(Others- Coconut, Arecanut, spices, groundnut).
Food security status of households
Consumption of different food groups in households.
