Nutrition and Growing Your Own Food: Dietary Diversity Evidence from North Central Nigeria

Key Findings -Households’ dietary diversity is lower for households that produce a greater share of their own food, compared to households that buy all their food, especially for rural dwellers. -The least food groups produced and consumed by households are eggs, milk, fish & sea products, sweets and fruits which are vital sources of important micro-nutrients needed by the body. -Households produce a set of food items that is too narrow to make their diets diverse