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<p>Fulfilling the needs of securing the food market was a key problem for the economy of the People’s Republic of Poland. According to the assumptions of the socialist system, all basic means of production were owned by the state and society as a whole, and production: its structure and volume depended on central assumptions. Farmers not only had to face the issue of reconstruction of farms in the post-war period, they were also obliged to make compulsory deliveries, and had the main responsibility for feeding the country. Production capacity in the face of the growing needs of society was insufficient, which forced rationing and the use of substitutes in the diet. There were periodic declines in the consumption of selected commodities, especially meat. The purpose of this article is to analyze the situation of the food market in the period 1945–1989, taking into account the burden of the countryside, the level of consumption and the import and export of basic food products.</p>
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Fulfilling the needs of securing the food market was a key problem for the economy of the People’s Republic of Poland. According to the assumptions of the socialist system, all basic means of production were owned by the state and society as a whole, and production: its structure and volume depended on central assumptions. Farmers not only had to face the issue of reconstruction of farms in the post-war period, they were also obliged to make compulsory deliveries, and had the main responsibility for feeding the country. Production capacity in the face of the growing needs of society was insufficient, which forced rationing and the use of substitutes in the diet. There were periodic declines in the consumption of selected commodities, especially meat. The purpose of this article is to analyze the situation of the food market in the period 1945–1989, taking into account the burden of the countryside, the level of consumption and the import and export of basic food products.

Food Crises in Post-War Poland (1945–1989)

Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Wroclaw University of Economics and Business

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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Fulfilling the needs of securing the food market was a key problem for the economy of the People’s Republic of Poland. According to the assumptions of the...

Food Crises in Post-War Poland (1945–1989)

Published Online: Dec 31, 2023

Page range: 479 - 492

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2023-0026

Keywords
history, food security, agricultural production, consumption, People’s Republic of Poland

© 2023 Adriana Merta-Staszczak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Food Crises in Post-War Poland (1945–1989)

Published Online: Dec 31, 2023

Page range: 479 - 492

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2023-0026

Keywordshistory, food security, agricultural production, consumption, People’s Republic of Poland

© 2023 Adriana Merta-Staszczak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
history, food security, agricultural production, consumption, People’s Republic of Poland