01147pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002100040245006600061260000900127300001500136362001100151520080100162650001600963773003400979180718b2001   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRajuladevi, A.K.  aFood poverty and consumption among landless labour households  c2001  ap.2656-664  a14 Jul  aIn this study of food insecurity among India's poor, the food intake of landless agricultural labour households was measured twice, to find variations between slack and peak seasons.  Within and between wet and dry villages the `caste' differences in food intake between backward castes (BCs) and scheduled castes (SCs) were examined.  Findings showed that the majority of sample households survived on cereals, and had only one main meal per day, a stark indicator of food insecurity.  Female-headed households were the most adversely affected `poverty group' in the study villages irrespective of caste.  The landless peoples' lack of basic needs (clothing, shelter, household equipment, and health care) revealed much more of their utter destitution than conventional food intake. - Reproduced  aFood supply  aEconomic and Political Weekly