Food and Nutrition (Belgium) ... : Food and Nutrition (Belgium) ...

The First World War had a severe impact on the food supply in occupied Belgium. The prospect of famine turned food into an urgent political problem and the subject of far-reaching social-political arrangements such as a massive domestic and foreign relief operation. Access to food was impacted to varying degrees for different social groups. The inequalities linked with the deprivations of occupation gave birth to sharp social tensions which in turn provoked acrid protests. ... : 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War ...