Household food consumption and seasonal variations in food availability in Sri Lanka

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This paper discusses seasonal variations in food availability, and the relationship between access to land and household food consumption in a rural society in Sri Lanka. The paper is based on data collected through participant observation, formal and informal interviews, a questionnaire survey, and a dietary survey. It was found that periods of food shortage were different in households of the various socio‐economic strata. This was related to the way in which the members of these households participated in the cultivation of paddy. The dietary survey, which was conducted during a period of low food availability showed that the diet of low socio‐economic groups was marginal or low with respect to the provision of energy, calcium, vitamin A and riboflavin. This was mostly due to a low food intake in general rather than an unsuitable composition of the diet.

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