The influence of gender and group membership on food safety: The case of meat sellers in Bodija market, Ibadan, Nigeria

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489
cg.creator.identifierThomas Fitz Randolph: 0000-0003-1849-9877
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-012-0207-0en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1573-7438en
cg.issueS1en
cg.journalTropical Animal Health and Productionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTSen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen
cg.subject.ilriMARKETSen
cg.subject.ilriWOMENen
cg.volume44en
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen
dc.contributor.authorOlawoye, J.en
dc.contributor.authorDipeolu, M.en
dc.contributor.authorOdebode, S.en
dc.contributor.authorRandolph, Thomas F.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-24T19:55:52Zen
dc.date.available2012-08-24T19:55:52Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/21694
dc.titleThe influence of gender and group membership on food safety: The case of meat sellers in Bodija market, Ibadan, Nigeriaen
dcterms.abstractWe describe a study to assess the bacteriological quality and safety of meat in Bodija market in Ibadan and to investigate the influence of gender and group membership on food safety. Mixed methods were used to gather information on meat safety and related socioeconomic factors. These methods included a participatory urban appraisal, focus group discussions with eight butchers’ associations, in depth discussions with six key informants, a questionnaire study of 269 meat sellers and a cross-sectional survey of meat quality (200 samples from ten associations). We found that slaughter, processing and sale of beef meat take place under unhygienic conditions. The activities involve both men and women, with some task differentiation by gender. Meat sold by association members is of unacceptable quality. However, some groups have consistently better quality meat and this is positively correlated with the proportion of women members. Women also have significantly better food safety practice than men, though there was no significant difference in their knowledge of and attitude towards food safety. Most meat sellers (85 %) reported being ill in the last 2 weeks and 47 % reported experiencing gastrointestinal illness. Eating beef, eating chicken, eating offal, consuming one’s own products and belonging to a group with poor quality of meat were all strong and significant predictors of self-reported gastrointestinal illness. We include that gender and group membership influence meat quality and self-reported gastrointestinal illness and that butchers’ associations are promising entry points for interventions to improve food safety.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2012-08-08
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGrace, D., Olawoye, J., Dipeolu, M., Odebode, S. and Randolph, T. 2012. The influence of gender and group membership on food safety: The case of meat sellers in Bodija market, Ibadan, Nigeria. Tropical Animal Health and Production 44(Suppl 1): S53-S59.en
dcterms.extentpp. 53-59en
dcterms.issued2012-09
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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