CURRENT FOOD SITUATION IN ALBANIA, ORR PROJECT 21.652

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T01049A001100110002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 24, 1955
• Content Type: MEMO

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24 Ja=ary 1955
1.
arranged:
4 3itttation in Albania, ORR
request the reply to subject project has been
n and answer form as folly t
Aitho no firm quantitative estimates have beet wads of
the 1954 agricultural prod a+ tton and availability of
food in xlbania there is reason to believe that the
production of gram as well as other food crops
should be equal to last yo ? . The tither was
favorable for both development and harvest, of olops
ul
turat year. The production
he 1953-54 o
53
as -comp.-Ted. with prewar
crops in 1
?
,
45.0
103.0
0
4.0
3.3
Barley
6.0
8.5
Oats
10.0
9.55
Corn
127.0
125.0
Rico
14.0
Sugar bee
53.7
Potatoes
.0
3.6
ato nts by Albanian o:'fictals have given no indication
od shortage for the current consumption year or a short
ricuitural production. The third quarter plan
s plan-1 for bread grains (wheat and rye) and ve t
ove,rf.fiiled; corn planting plan was fulfilled by 98.3
nt and potatoes by 98.8 percent, At the end of October
corn were s statfactory
was officially announced that collections of wheat and
Sven 3oxha, in a speech November 28, 19$4,, aiaimsad that
1954 wheat pro etion was 180.8 percent more than
This would calculate to be a production of 1 .5
,d tons, or slightly higher than 1953.
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Tbsr*f*rs, bid on the eve disawsis there is no
aeon to believe that there esentiv an a egis rruNti
for East Gsri, Albania is the
has not eliminated rationing.
a;ports have consistently coplai
tha
,
_ ,., _. _..... %0
bell rs are unable at times to obtain such staolaa an h
WOr:e than the
a CO
since the Communist* t=om over the ountry.
4 Albania Apo ted
60 percent Est) pared
1y 50 r
-ft. The national diet is wimple chary
,.
of cereals (represent 75; per eut of tota
..,
seat, v$ggtableea, fruit in season
diva vii
#
., ""%&
itilko Fork neat ami tats, sad vi are not in der;
ftalem. Corn (seize) s eaten by the rural popalatis
while *beat broad is 40= 411Y consumed by the urban and
+ .14
populations,
The prewar average daily food c a ition
1&" %IVA .40 4
o4lvrlss was e- tt ateci to be approximately 2,000 cafe;
d i
aa
n 1%3-5 It Was 1# 3 calories. dared to
meal protein and vegetable fats,_ Theydiet has not only
,y chce , Ad.k, and vegetable oil. This has been
ror_ the prewar Period 1931
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used in total calories
regions a
yearrss.
:coon, Os
.ls as fate have
a
Lion. Ait there mow so ar,
~ of grain are sufri ont to cover req re nts for
9-55. ' raas ; tatirsat and the bureaucratic c amity
of the gayer snt houper* effective distribution of food-
stuffs, A. a result paasaarAs in the, northern part :,f
is cwt may softer serious ehe:?tts of mad before
spring i ft h corn crop b e l o w was estissd.
Nor saUy the administrative diet
deficient In foodstuffs espocia y
the gain agrtcaltux4l producing distr:
sad r togat r with foreign impo
e-ass and Shkoder in the NorWmat. The
s seriously
ponds n
foodstuffs mailable in the other districts are
offset by reduced standards of consumption and I
a'ssszo
req
r Usuce an wild games, nuts, and - grown fri is
vogetab1 ea. c* broad is the -main staple of the
diet. in yeare of poor harvests pr babiy e Vii'ars
t - the urban popil.ation who nera liy are ;implied. firm
jWVorts. waver, other f such as milk, Mat, .,
and vegetables eo;zl . in shorter a~, ply in the cities
than will a.
capita availabilities
led ate' in resent years.
. There is no imAcation ,
to or .root aria would
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mss. Other critical dist r icte incl Le Kukoe
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ed souryss &aL1sb'le for st. pig ini.`nrm Lion on the
rtcultural production and tQQd 3 tu4ti +r prevent giving *
and state picture Therefore the abe ;.nfor attnn is
d i 1h a reservations.
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