Caracterización del consumo de maíz y fríjol en familias del departamento del Cauca, Colombia

objective: characterization of maize and bean consumption by families where mothers work with icbf's communities in cauca-colombia. materials and methods: mothers (n=400) working with icbf's communities in 12 farming municipalities were surveyed about their family's feeding practices. results: 100% of mothers interviewed reported frequent consumption of maize and beans. average ± sd intake kg/ month for white beans was (6,5±7,6), yellow maize (5,1±7,0), red beans(1,7±1,6) white beans (1,1±1,1), mottled calima beans (1,5±1,1), mottled cargamanto (1,3±0,7), green beans (1,4±1,2), and for other kind of beans (0,8±0,4). conclusion: maize and beans are main components of these communities' food patterns. nutrition education activities could help to promote consumption of nutritionally enhanced (biofortified) crops.