Battle for births and grain
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- Battle for Births & Battle for Grain
- Battle for Births:
- Main Features:
- Increased size of families so that by 1950s Italy would have a population of at least 60m
- Believed that current low birth rate and population of 40m was detrimental to the goal of becoming a world power
- Germany and Russia were much bigger. Military strength would be boosted by a larger popluation
- Would create competition for employment and keep wages and labour costs low, also increased number of consumers.
- Programme started in 1926-average family size 12, exempt from tax if they had 6+ children
- Strengths
- Tax reductions and loans for families with large numbers of children
- Fathers of large families given better career opportunities e.g. promotions and employment in govt jobs
- Health provision for women and children improved
- Weaknesses
- Bachelors blocked from promotion and taxed more
- 1933-quota introduce to limit employment of women in public sector to 10% of workforce. Later extended to medium and large private firms
- Policy had little success as Italy's birth rate cont'd to decline and marriage rate fell
- Main Features:
- Battle for Grain:
- Main Features:
- To help in Italy's drive for autarky by producing more wheat
- Successes:
- 50% rise in wheat production-particularly in fertile Po Valley in Northern Italy
- Fascists provided grants to farmers to encourage introduction of modern farming techniques
- Weaknesses:
- Although self-sufficient in crops, not self sufficient in fertilisers which were necessary for high yields
- Meat and egg production declined-imports for it rose.
- As a result, prices rose and living standards declined, as did quality of Italian diets.
- 1933, Italy still dependent on foreign imports with 500 million tons of imports still taking place in that year
- Main Features:
- Battle for Births:
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