Nsabimana, Aimable
- University of Rwanda
Abstract
Food insecurity and malnutrition are still major challenges for large proportions of households in Sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical literature on food demand, however, suggests mixed evidence on the roles of income and other socio-economic attributes on food demand. This study analyzes the food demand among households in Rwanda, based on nationally representative household expenditures and demographic (EICV4, 2013/14) survey data. The results show that poor households consume merely food containing higher carbohydrates and starches.Further, the study finds that the majority of rural households spend almost nothing on micronutrients from animal products, suggesting that effective targeted food policy interventions for poor and rural households may play an important role inreducing the incidence of malnutrition through improving food diets.
Keywords
Food Engel curve; Household food demand; Rwanda; Sub-Sahara Africa; O55; D12; O18; Q18
Published in
Agricultural and Food Economics
2020, volume: 8, number: 1, article number: 11
SLU Authors
Surry, Yves
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Global goals (SDG)
UKÄ Subject classification
Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
Epidemiology
Economics
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40100-020-00154-4
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/105620