Figure 1.

Cost of diet diversity in Ghana, March 2009–December 2014.

Note: Foods shown are the least-cost item in their food group, as defined by the minimum dietary diversity for women (MDD-W) indicator, ranked in cost per unit of dietary energy. CoDD1 is the cost of reaching the fifth group, and CoDD2 is the cost of including all groups. Groups in ascending order of usual cost are starchy staples (maize and cassava), pulses (soybeans), nuts/seeds (groundnuts), vitamin-A rich fruits and vegetables (mangoes), other fruit (banana and oranges), meat and fish (tilapia and herring), eggs, and other vegetables (eggplant and onion).