Food Consumption Behavior in Three Villages of Northern Nigeria

摘要

Although semi-subsistence households which produce most of the food they consume are relatively untouched by market forces, it is nonetheless important to know how and the extent to which these forces affect household food consumption. This report examines this situation, using data collected from households in Kano State, Nigeria and an econometric model developed on the basis of similar work in Sierra Leone. Specifically, the authors present: (1) data on household food consumption patterns; (2) regressions relating consumption of sorghum, millet, maize, rice, cowpea, palm oil, nono (soured skimmed milk), and tomato to prices, expenditures, household characteristics, and market dependence; and (3) the resulting price and expenditure elasticities.