Likes and Dislikes of Local Foods Among Young International Volunteers in Ghana
Keywords:
Ghana, Likes and dislikes, Local foods, Young volunteersAbstract
Food continues to be a necessity and a source of concern to all people especially
travellers. The paper examines the likes and dislikes for the local foods consumed by
young volunteers in Ghana. The data used for the analysis were collected from stratified
sample of 320 young international volunteers, who volunteered in Ghana between August
and December, 2014. The results revealed that attributes in the local foods such as the
sensory properties, quality and safety, the novelty of the food, cost and convenience were
favoured by some of the young volunteers whiles others like the nutritional adequacy,
quality and safety, variety and service delivery and frequency of contracting foodborne
illness were frown on. Based on the findings, it was concluded that multiply factors
influenced the young volunteers’ likes and dislikes for the local foods they were exposed
to in Ghana.
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