African Journal of
Food Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Food Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0794
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJFS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 978

Full Length Research Paper

Factors influencing consumption of street vended local foods (SVLFs) in Urban Ghana

Joyce Afua Sarpong Haleegoah
  • Joyce Afua Sarpong Haleegoah
  • Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Crops Research Institute, Ghana.
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Kofi Osei Akuoko
  • Kofi Osei Akuoko
  • Department of Sociology and Social Work, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.
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Peter Dwumah
  • Peter Dwumah
  • Department of Sociology and Social Work, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.
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Kofi Amoako Marfo
  • Kofi Amoako Marfo
  • Millenium Development Authority, Ghana.
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John Boulard Forkuor
  • John Boulard Forkuor
  • Department of Sociology and Social Work, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.
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Benedicta Nsiah Frimpong
  • Benedicta Nsiah Frimpong
  • Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Crops Research Institute, Ghana.
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Bright Owusu Asante
  • Bright Owusu Asante
  • Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.
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Lydia Brobbey
  • Lydia Brobbey
  • Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Crops Research Institute, Ghana.
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  •  Received: 22 September 2020
  •  Accepted: 19 November 2020
  •  Published: 31 December 2020

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