The Food Problem in the German War Economy

Frederick Strauss

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1941, vol. 55, issue 3, 364-412

Abstract: I. Germany's Food Requirements During the War. The lessons of the World War, 364. — War preparation: consumption planning, 366. — Food policy during the present war, 369. — Total German food requirements, 370. — II. Germany's Ability to Produce its War-time Food Requirements. Food policy as an integral part of the rearmament program, 373. — Accomplishments of the food production program, 374. — Strains resulting from the agricultural "battle of production": farm labor, 378; farm machinery and other improvements, 381; fertilizer, 382. — German food supplies in war time: factors influencing the domestic supply situation, 386; potential food imports, 393; the outlook, 397. — III. The Rôle of the Conquered Nation. Adjustment to war conditions, 401. — German policy under the occupation, 407. — Indirect effects, 410.

Date: 1941
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