Show J World Food One factor affecting the world food situation and Europe's sources of supply is the decline in food production production pro pro- in the Far East according to the secretary of agriculture Before Before Be Be- fore the war the Far East was annually an an- r a net exporter of million tons of foodstuffs a large part of which went to Europe In 1947 the Far East was net importer of 65 million tons That's almost 11 millIon million mil mil- lion tons of food which could have gone elsewhere last year if it the Far Eastern economy had been back to its old export levels Eleven million tons is equal to well over half hall the total food exported from the United States last year |