Food Availability And Consumption Pattern In Farm And Agro-industry Workers Families Of Sidamo Agricultural Development Enterprise

Household food consumption patterns of farm worker familiesrn(rural) and agro-industry worker families (urban) of SidamornAgricultural Development Enterprise were studied. The objectivesrnwere: to determine the types of food eaten and calories availablernto the families relative to calories needed; to examine differencesrnbetween the two occupational groups in food consumption; and torntest adequacy of food intake in relation to money, sources of food,rnfacilities, family constellation, housing and food relatedrnpractices. An inadequate intake of below 80% of the required wasrnobserved in 70% of the sample, 16% were below 40% of required, withrna significantly lower intake for the agro-industry group.rnComparison of the groups revealed that the farm families werernbetter off in education, salary, reliance on many different sourcesrnof food, and in having less storage food loss; and agro-industryrngroup in facilities, nutrition education, and housing. From thernsix sets of determinant variables salary positively, and familyrnsize negatively were significantly associated with level of foodrnintake. At middle levels of per capita salary, the farm workerrnfamilies had a significantly higher intake than the agro-industryrnfamilies, whereas at lower and higher per capita levels, theyrnconsumed equal amounts. Reasons for this difference were discussedrnand recommendations made.

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