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buckwheat or maize? ultimately, potatoes!
Graph 13. Field crops and arable land in Slovenia, 1921-1939 (in 1000 ha)
Source: Maček 1993, 18-34.
Graph 14. Yield per hectare of cereals and potatoes in Slovenia, 1921-1939 (in q/ha)
Source: Maček 1993, 18-34.
imal. In 1939, only 2% of the fields where buckwheat had grown in 1913
were still dedicated to it, which demonstrates how steep the decline was.
The crop itself suffered the same fate, as it virtually disappeared from the
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Graph 13. Field crops and arable land in Slovenia, 1921-1939 (in 1000 ha)
Source: Maček 1993, 18-34.
Graph 14. Yield per hectare of cereals and potatoes in Slovenia, 1921-1939 (in q/ha)
Source: Maček 1993, 18-34.
imal. In 1939, only 2% of the fields where buckwheat had grown in 1913
were still dedicated to it, which demonstrates how steep the decline was.
The crop itself suffered the same fate, as it virtually disappeared from the
155
