FOOD AND NUTRITION
88 Citations•1946•
E. J. Bigwood
The Ulster Medical Journal
During World War II Belgium produced eggs, certain vegetables, and sugar in sufficient quantities for export, and milk production, although variable from farm, was of a very intensive character.
Abstract
war Belgium produced eggs, certain vegetables, and sugar in sufficient quantities for export. Home consumption of eggs and vegetables, however, has generally been too low because too expensive. Whereas agricultural producers and their families involved only 15 to 17 per cent of the entire Belgian population, their land constituted about 62 per cent of the total surface area of the country.4 4 Agricultural production was of a very intensive character. Crop yields were on the high side, and milk production, although variable from farm