ABSTRACT
This study aimed to explore the accessibility of
culturally relevant foods in households in urban area of Umuahia north local
government area of Abia State. A total of 410 respondents were selected using a
multi-stage random sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was used to
collect data on socio-economic characteristics, culturally relevant foods among
urban households and consumption pattern of the identified foods among urban
households. The result ofthis research revealed that 38% ofthe respondents were
between the ages of 31-40 years and more than half (57.1%) of the respondents
were male and 42.9% were female. Most (62.4%) of the respondents were married
and almost half (45.6%) of the respondents had tertiary education. About 36.6%
of the respondents were husbands and almost half (45.4%) of the respondents
earned 80,000 naira and above. Less than half (42.4%) of the respondents lived
in the flat and majority of the respondents got their water from tap. Most
(90.2%) of the respondents’ communities /town still observe certain traditions.
A majority (84.9%) ofthe respondents still observe new yam festival and few
observed Ekpe festival. A good number of the respondents consume local foods
such as Ofe achara with akpuruakpu egusi, Ofe akwubanga soup, Ugba na anu,
Achicha ede, Ji mmanu na utazi, Odudu, Ofe oha and Mkparusu at least once a
week. More than half (52.9%) of the respondents were food secure, 33.2% were
severely food insecure, 9.5% were moderate food insecure and 3.9% were mildly
food insecure. More than half (56.8%) ofthe respondents consumed rice 2-3 times
a week. Almost half (49.3%) ofthe respondents consumed Egusi once a week and
less than half (42.7%) ofthe respondents consumed garri 2-3 times a week.
Forty-Eight percent of the respondents consumed carrot once a week and more
than half (55.9%) of the respondents consumed pumpkin leaves 2-3 times. About
45.4% of the respondents consumed water melon 2-3 times a week. About 46.6% of
the respondents consumed beef daily and 36.8% of the respondents consumed fish
once a week. More than half (52.7%) of the respondents consumed palm oil daily
and less than half (40.7%) of the respondents consumed groundnut oil 2-3 times
in a week. There was a relationship between the socio-demographic ofthe
respondents and culturally relevant foods
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