Table 1.
Share of households producing individual foods in the five food groups during the past year, by geographic region
Food group: | Overall (n = 630) | Northa (n = 452) | Southb (n = 178) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Cereals | 0.88 | 0.32 | 0.95 | 0.21 | 0.70 | 0.46 *** |
Tubers | 0.41 | 0.49 | 0.26 | 0.44 | 0.77 | 0.42 *** |
Legumes | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.64 | 0.48 | 0.12 | 0.33 *** |
Dark, green leafy vegetables | 0.32 | 0.47 | 0.17 | 0.38 | 0.71 | 0.46 *** |
Other vegetables | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.30 |
Sample limited to farming households in the 24 study districts of Ghana. Survey data collected in Summer 2013. Food groups defined as per Kennedy (2013). SD = standard deviation. T-tests used to assess North/South differences: * p <0.05, **, <p <0.01, *** p <0.001
Includes Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions
All other seven regions of Ghana