Constraints on the use of animal source foods for young children in Ghana

E Colecraft, G. Marquis, R. Aryeetey, Sakyi-Dawson, O., A. Lartey, B. Ahunu, E. Canacoo, L.M. Butler, M.B. Reddy, Helen H. Jensen () and Huff-Lonergan, E

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Abstract: Micronutrient deficiencies limit child health and development. Although animal source foods (ASF) provide highly bioavailable micronutrients, Ghanaian preschoolers consume little. Participatory rapid appraisal methods identified constraints to the availability, accessibility and utilization of ASF. Stakeholders working with or living in six communities in three agro-ecological zones reported constraints including low income, lack of access to technology and markets, inequitable household food allocation, inadequate knowledge, and beliefs. The least expensive ASF was fish, which was easy to preserve and consumed by all communities. Since ASF primarily was purchased, interventions that increase income may be most successful in improving Ghanaian children’s diets.

Keywords: nutrition; Ghana; animal foods; children (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: Written

Published in Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 2006, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 351-377.

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