Food Expenditures in Rural Households in the Northern Region of Ghana

Ting Meng, Wojciech J. Florkowski, Shashidhara Kolavalli and Mohammed Ibrahim

No 119716, 2012 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2012, Birmingham, Alabama from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: The objective of the paper is to identify farmer and farm characteristics that determine the food expenditure in rural households in the Northern Region of Ghana. The results indicate income, implicit wealth, age, family structure, cultivation staple or cash crop, and buying dry goods in bulks are the major determinants.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.119716

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