aus dem institut für ernährungswirtschaft und verbrauchslehre der christian albrechts universität zu kiel an analysis of food consumption patterns in egypt dissertation zur erlangung des doktorgrades agrar ernährungswissenschaftlichen fakultät vorgelegt von seham dawoud damietta ägypten 2005 gedruckt mit genehmigung dekan prof dr siegfried wolffram 1 berichterstatter jutta roosen 2 awudu abdulai tag mündlichen prüfung 10 02 abstract is not only a basic need but it also has enormous impact on the economic situation egyptian households observed that major sources calories and proteins are plant products small amounts come from animal these relatively concentrated source high quality highly digestible essential to gain thorough knowledge determinants demand order design comprehensive agricultural social policy options improve access therefore this study estimates partial complete systems as basis for choosing future policies presents estimation expenditure elasticities