Battle for Grain

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Benito Mussolini propaganda photo for the Battle for Grain

The Battle for Grain, sometimes known as the Battle for Wheat, was a campaign launched during the fascist regime of Italy by Benito Mussolini, with the aim of pursuing the self-sufficiency of wheat production in Italy. The campaign was successful in obtaining the increase in the national production of wheat and in the consequent decrease in the deficit of the trade balance, but it went to the detriment of other crops, especially those basic for the livestock industry and, in general, the harmonic development of national agriculture.

Aims[]

Here are some of the policy's aims:

• Boost cereal production to make Italy self-sufficient in grain
• Reduce the deficit in the balance of trade
• Lower the necessity of foreign bread imports
• Show Italy as a major power

Impact[]

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According to a 2020 study, the policy had the unintended persistent positive effects on industrialization and the Italian economy.^[1]

See also[]

• Battle of the Lira
• Battle for Births
• Economy of Fascist Italy

References[]

• Celli, Carlo. 2013. Economic Fascism: Primary Sources on Mussolini's Crony Capitalism. Axios Press.
• Fascist Italy by John Hite
• Mussolini by Denis Mack Smith

External links[]

• History Learning Site