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Table 1 Food items, food group and weight

From: Does food security exist among farm households? Evidence from Ghana

No.

Food groups

Weight

1

Cereals (bread, rice, maize, barley) and tubers (potatoes, sweet potatoes)

2

2

Pulses and nuts (beans, lentils, peas, peanuts, etc.)

3

3

Vegetables

1

4

Fruits

1

5

Meat and fish (all types)

4

6

Dairy products (milk, yoghurt, cheese, other milk’s products)

4

7

Sugar, honey

0.5

8

Oil, fat, butter

0.5

  1. Source: WFP [18]