In a full conversion to organic farming, they predict shortages in the meat supply if meat consumption continues to remain high.
Virtually all people in the research area are well aware of the general shortage of arable land and the competition over it.
At times of grain shortage, guards were often sent to the boundaries to prevent grain movements.
At home there were food, fuel and monetary shortages.
The country's dependence on imported merchandise made it vulnerable to supply disruptions, with shortages creating opportunities for ' profiteering ' by those with access to scarce goods.
In his view, however, straitened circumstances and food shortage, whether actual or feared, could not justify contraceptive use.
As in 1822, severe weather during the previous autumn had destroyed crops and resulted in food shortages during the early part of the year.
However, occurrence of outbreaks and periods of staff shortages meant that collaborators found it difficult to always follow this regime.
