Abstract:
Background: Undernutrition and hidden hunger continue to be serious public health concerns in
many middle-income countries. For instance, over 33 million people face chronic
undernourishment and food insecurity of which one quarter are in need of urgent food assistance
in Ethiopia. Despite terrestrial animal source foods (TASFs) rich many nutrients such as protein,
iron and vitamin B12 and own more bioavailable nutrients than plant source food, TASFs have
been challenging to access to low income household due to unaffordable price for disadvantage
people, and the TASFs are under scrutiny as it is associated with negative impact to
environmental health in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, personal health and public health
issue. Plant based food approach is a strategy to combat undernutrition since it is an alternative
approach to sustainable environment, human health and healthy diet perspectives due to it
contains unsaturated fatty acid, cholesterol free, rich in fiber and some minerals
