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Table 2 Amount and percentage of nutrients obtained from pollinator-independent crops and pollinator-dependent crops

From: Contribution of animal pollination to food nutrient production in Benin-West Africa

Nutriments

Pollinator-independent crops

Pollinator-dependent crops

NVi (t, GJ)

NVi (%)

NVsw (t, GJ)

NVsw (%)

NVap (t, GJ)

NVap (%)

Energy

61,562,410.34

85.54

6,771,539.41

9.41

3,637,979.108

5.05

Macro-nutrients

Proteins

274,304.1955

75.64

55,073.52123

15.19

33,252.56085

9.17

Lipids

142,315.9028

44.92

110,821.9622

34.98

63,650.03935

20.09

Carbohydrates

3,184,132.363

94.92

117,876.1511

3.51

52,669.17499

1.57

Dietary fiber

326,537.0804

87.49

37,708.0728

10.10

8998.810733

2.41

Minerals

Calcium (Ca)

1422.679219

69.06

476.0856546

23.11

161.4187774

7.84

Iron (Fe)

79.57423276

68.22

23.98858995

20.57

13.08072026

11.21

Magnesium (Mg)

3217.221999

75.88

575.2351115

13.57

447.2507914

10.55

Phosphorus (P)

6563.742439

75.20

1228.664676

14.08

936.1122706

10.72

Potassium (K)

36,529.11334

86.69

4138.837233

9.82

1471.607013

3.49

Sodium (Na)

913.5972155

89.34

88.42264436

8.65

20.58565499

2.013

Zinc (Zn)

569.0419567

96.82

10.09656548

1.78

8.57173416

1.46

Copper (Cu)

12.98513393

66.05

3.470323984

17.65

3.205132701

16.30

Manganese (Mn)

27.23275928

77.93

4.802385347

13.74

2.910711687

8.33

Selenium (Se)

0.057453562

47.38

0.033959664

28.01

0.02983602

24.61

Fluoride (F)

0.001252067

16.08

0.005994522

77.01

0.000537761

6.91

Vitamins

Vitamin C

1223.608214

92.87

81.64652573

6.20

12.27305766

0.93

Vitamin A

0.677011425

38.78

1.004215952

57.53

0.064358961

3.69

β—carotene

7.785685216

40.00

10.96946289

56.36

0.708737483

3.64

α—carotene

0.359305899

27.10

0.914723374

69.00

0.051620779

3.89

β—cryptoxanthin

0.000347096

0.05

0.716274363

93.49

0.049514306

6.46

Lycopene

0.000101068

0.0013

6.656952534

87.13

0.982953451

12.87

Lutein + zeaxanthin

0.373252089

8.05

3.99664064

86.19

0.267287615

5.76

Vitamin E

α—tocopherol

49.86116787

76.50

13.27713967

20.37

2.036747613

3.13

β—tocopherol

0.00528793

5.98

0.045362643

51.29

0.037793069

42.73

γ—tocopherol

0.082811187

0.81

3.813998521

37.19

6.358970483

62.00

δ—tocopherol

0.005040218

0.76

0.230311368

34.73

0.427721112

64.51

Vitamin B

Thiamin (B1)

13.26146844

85.81

1.375492996

8.90

0.817230966

5.29

Riboflavin (B2)

4.430365606

68.17

1.695706361

26.09

0.372639018

5.73

Niacine (B3)

111.8093498

89.49

10.6843231

8.55

2.440947295

1.95

Pantothenic Acid (B5)

13.10753876

78.00

2.311338656

13.75

1.384777007

8.24

Vitamin B6

16.21025319

88.10

1.490304119

8.10

0.698689559

3.80

Folate

B9

2.197313018

76.58

0.516330151

17.99

0.155535108

Vitamin K

0.156033519

40.49

0.16674351

43.27

0.062553479

16.23