ANIMAL PROTEIN SOURCES
FOR RURAL AND URBAN POPULATIONS
IN GHANA

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Technical Report N° 58

By

Ute Heinbuch,
IDAF Community Development Officer



Programme for the Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa
25p + Annex, IDAF/WP/58

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Cotonou, September 1994

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Executive Summary

List of Abbreviations

1 Introduction

    1.1 Background of the study
    1.2 Objectives
    1.3 Study methods
    1.4 Sample sites and size
    1.5 Limitations of the study

2 Socio-economic context

    2.1 Macro-economic situation
    2.2 Population
    2.3 Nutritional situation

3 Food supply

    3.1 Food production
    3.1.1 Agricultural production
    3.1.2 Fish production
    3.2 Food imports
    3.3 Food supply

4 Marketing pattern

    4.1 Channels
    4.2 Main products
    4.3 Prices
    4.3.1 Beach prices of fish
    4.3.2 Market prices of animal food items
    4.3.3 The cost of protein

5 Consumer's choice: fish vs. meat

    5.1 General dietary pattern
    5.2 Consumer preferences
    5.3 Consumer behaviour and consumption pattern
    5.3.1 Food purchases
    5.3.2 Consumption pattern

6 Concluding remarks

References

Annex I: Questionnaire marketing survey
Questionnaire consumer survey



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