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The Biet
It is difficult to estimate the degree of utilization of local versus
imported foods. One can say however that the mnewetak People will use
imported foods to a mucn greater degree than they did before they were
moved from the atoll. This is the trend throughout the Marshalls. It is
seen in the orientation toward a cash economy, based upon copra production
and wage Labor. The Enewetak People have a cash income from trust funds of
over 360,000 per year with which to buy imported foods md other items.
The proceeds from copra sales are also used for these purchases,
Rice, flour, sugar, coffee, tea, canned meats, canned milk and otner tiems
are staples in the diet of the tmewetak People and have been for many years.
They cannot be considered to be luxuries, Rice is eaten in Larke quantities
often three times a day.
It.is likely that
the abundance of fish and shellfish on snewetak will
mean a reduction in the purchase of canned fish, and even canned meat, The
availability of pork and domestic fowl locally would also probably affect
canned meat purchases.
The use of wildfowl and turtles will also probably mean a decrease in
canned meat purchases. It should be noted that canned meats and fish are
quite expensive in the Marshalls, These, and other consumer goods must be
amported over vast distances. This is reflected in the cost to the consumer
on the atolls, especially the outer atolls.
There Will probably be a marked increase in the amount of marine products
eaten because more will be available, This is of course because of the much
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