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

How to cite this article

APA /
Haleegoah, J. A. S., Akuoko, K. O., Dwumah, P., Marfo, K. A., Forkuor, J. B., Frimpong, B. N., Asante, B. O., & Brobbey, L. (2020). Factors influencing consumption of street vended local foods (SVLFs) in Urban Ghana. African Journal of Food Science, 14(11), 395-406.
Chicago /
Joyce Afua Sarpong Haleegoah, Kofi Osei Akuoko, Peter Dwumah,  Kofi Amoako Marfo, John Boulard Forkuor, Benedicta Nsiah Frimpong, Bright Owusu Asante and Lydia Brobbey. "Factors influencing consumption of street vended local foods (SVLFs) in Urban Ghana." African Journal of Food Science 14, no. 11 (2020): 395-406.
MLA /
Joyce Afua Sarpong Haleegoah, et al. "Factors influencing consumption of street vended local foods (SVLFs) in Urban Ghana." African Journal of Food Science 14.11 (2020): 395-406.