Does government food demonstration intervention influence household dietary diversity in the Upper West Region of Ghana?

Cornelius K A Pienaah, Sulemana Ansumah Saaka, Herwin Ziemeh Yengnone, Mildred Naamwintome Molle and Isaac Luginaah

PLOS ONE, 2024, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: Dietary diversity is crucial in ensuring food and nutrition security. In low-middle-income countries, people frequently prioritize the quantity of food they consume over its quality due to a lack of availability and financial limitations. As a result, achieving dietary diversity is often overlooked in favor of ensuring adequate caloric intake. Through a social cognitive theory perspective, our study examines the relationship between food demonstrations and household dietary diversity in Ghana’s Upper West Region utilizing cross-sectional survey data from 517 smallholder farmer households. The results from ordered logistic regression presented in odds ratio (OR) show that participating in food demonstrations (OR: 2.585, p

Date: 2024
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