Consumption pattern of milk and milk products in Ada’a woreda, East Shoa Zone, central Ethiopia

摘要

AsurveywascarriedoutbetweenAugustandNovember2007byusingfacetofaceinterviewtocharacterizetheconsumptionpatternofmilkandmilkproductsandtoidentifydeterminantsofconsumptioninAda#8217;aworeda.Onehundredandthirtyfivehouseholdswereselectedbasedontheirlocationandincomegroup.nbsp;Intheworedawiveshadgreaterresponsibilityinmanagingthehouseholdbudget.Themeanmonthlyincomefortheoverallhouseholdswas3553.2±591.61Birr.Themeanconsumerunitintheworedawas5.04.Locallyprocessedmilkproductsweredominatedinthestudyarea;andtheconsumptionofimportedmilkproductswasverylow.Evenifthemajorityofthehouseholdswereconsumingmilkproductsfrequently,itwasobservedthatsomehouseholdshadzeroconsumptionwhichwasparticularlysevereforpasteurizedmilk,powderedmilk,hardcheeseandice-cream.Averageconsumptionlevelofdairyproductsintheworedawas11.2gLME/head/day.Inthemajorityofthestudiedhouseholdsespeciallythemediumandlowincomegroupstherewasadecreasingtrendofmilkproductsconsumptionduetotheincreasingtrendofthepriceofmilkandmilkproducts.Insufficienthouseholdincomecoupledwithreligionwasfoundtobethepredominantconstraintsintheconsumptionofdairyproducts.Consumptionlevelwassignificantlycorrelatedwithhouseholdincome,consumerunit(familysize)educationlevelofthefoodbudgetmanager(FBM),ageoftheFBM,locationofthehousehold,ownershipofdairycattle,monthlyexpenditureondairyproducts,averagedailymilkproductionperhouseholdandpriceofmilkproducts.