The dietary habits of a Ghanaian farming community
- 1 February 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ecology of Food and Nutrition
- Vol. 25 (1) , 29-49
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.1991.9991152
Abstract
This case study examines the specific techniques associated with household food processing and meal preparation, and the consumption patterns of the food farming people of Ayirebi, near Akyem Oda in southeastern Ghana. Changes and continuities in household dietary patterns are noted. Such micro level ethnographic studies of food processing and consumption are relevant for effective policy recommendations on development planning, particularly in light of current socioenvironmental and economic crises in Africa.Keywords
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