| Most of our rural-dwelling kin actually grow their own maize, cassava or millet that they have milled at village mills. |
| The most common foods are beans, corn, peas, millet, sorghum, cassava, sweet potatoes, and bananas. |
| Forest crops, such as plantain, cassava, cocoyam, and tropical yams, predominate in the south. |
| A Kikuyu dish, Irio, often served with curried chicken, is made from beans, maize, and potatoes or cassava mashed to a thick pulp. |
| Many Zanzibaris are farmers cultivating on a small scale, and cassava is their favorite crop, although rice is also consumed in large quantities. |
| Maize, cassava, pigeon peas, onions, bananas, potatoes, and tomatoes are important commercial crops. |
