Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The 1964 Eastern Europe Agricultural Situation
Eastern Europe will be a net grain importer during -ln substantial quantities-although Rumania will maintain its net export position. This is a direct result of the failure of the grain crop in the Soviet Union. The poten tial for exports of livestock products from Eastern Europe is considerably diminished. Tobacco exports from Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, however, are expected to increase.
Agricultural output in the Soviet Union during 1963 fell sharply below the level of 1962 and was even lower than in 1958, the base year of the current seven-year Plan (1959 Poor weather was a major contributing factor to the dismal 1963 crop situation, to an even greater extent than in 1962. The impact of the unfavorable climatic factors was heightened by agricultural stag nation during the h preceding years and by the problems which perennially plague agriculture in the Communist countries-collectivization, rigid state controls, shortages of capital and equipment, faulty production practices, and inadequate incentives to producers.
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