JAPANESE OCCUPATION
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
>> Food Shortages
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Shortage of food Life under the Japanese administration was terribly difficult one. There was shortage of water, electricity, gas, food and other basic essentials. Rubber trees were cut down to grow subsistence crops for the Japanese (mainly tapioca, millet and maize.) Source: lecture notes
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Source: Document of Japanese Occupation ration card
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Ration cards were issued by the Japanese to control the supply
of rice and other essentials items to the residents. Each adult was authorized
a ration of 8 katis (2.4kg) of rice per month and each child 4
katis. Later in 1944 rice ration was reduced to 6 katis for the adults.
The shortage of food led the people to grow crops ,especially tapioca, on every available
plot if land. The scarcity of goods also led to sky-rocketing prices
and a thriving black market.
(Source: lecture notes)
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