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'''FIGURE 5. Harvesting grain in a leading agricultural area in the southwest (U/OU)'''

Production has increased only moderately, and consumption has risen rapidly, particularly in the 1950's. The East German diet, the best in Eastern Europe, now compares favorably with that of West Germany in terms of calories, but the quality of the East German diet is still inferior. Average per capita consumption is estimated at over 3,000 calories per day. Since 1960 the increase in per capita food consumption has slowed, actually falling slightly in the early 1960's, but the quality of the East German diet has continued to improve. Increased imports of tropical fruit, coffee, and cocoa, and even butter and meat in some cases, have been unable to keep pace with rising demand.

Imports of other agricultural commodities have also risen. Since the war East Germany has imported about one-quarter of its grain from the Soviet Union. Beginning in 1962, when poor Soviet crops and bad East German harvests forced the East Germans into the free market, imports from the West, particularly

'''FIGURE 6. Land use, 1971 (U/OU)'''

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