由于复杂的自然环境、发达的商品农业等因素的影响，广东粮食存在根本的生产不足，战前粮食缺口为一千万多万担，粮食需要依赖大量国米和洋米的补充。战争爆发后，日军侵略、囤积操纵、腐败走私等问题随之而来，粮食运输困难，广东的粮食补给链几乎被切断，加上沉重的军粮负担，粮食紧缺问题更加严重。

    抗战时期广东国统区每年都发生粮荒，但每个阶段的粮荒各有特点。1937年广东国统区粮情尚能控制，1938至1939年粮荒的战时性、周期性凸显，1940至1941年是战时粮荒严重化的开始，1942至1943年发生抗战时期广东国统区最严重的粮荒。粮荒通常开始于冬末春初，春季粮荒主要是由于存谷食尽而新谷未熟，夏季粮荒主要由于水旱灾害造成。粮荒周而复始，具有周期性、普遍性和战时性，并随战争的深入愈演愈烈。

    粮荒的影响最基本表现为粮价上涨，粮食价格上涨引起民众购买力下降、各项物价上涨、商铺缩小经营等一系列反应。民众普遍因贫困而无力抵抗粮荒，他们变卖财产或子女以换取粮食，逃荒而成为流民、食用糖土或树根、甚至食人，最后饿毙而亡。粮荒亦加剧广东军政双方的矛盾，对政局造成影响。

    应对严重粮荒，政府和社会各界采取各项措施。国民政府在粮荒救济中最重要的作用是协调广东与湖南、江西、广西等邻省的粮食购运，同时进行拨粮和拨款。广东省政府对粮荒救济起主要作用，前一阶段的救济以粮食购运为主，后一阶段，尤其是1941以后，广东省政府加强粮食管制并重视开展各项粮食增产节约运动。广东省政府在粮荒救济过程中受到各方的关注甚至指责，但在战争的特殊、艰难的环境下，广东省政府组织一系列救济措施，使粮荒不至于失控，并使灾民得到一定程度的救济。华侨、商会、慈善机构等社会个人和组织亦推动粮荒救济。

    Because of a complex natural environment, the developed agricultural commodity caused a short production of food in Guangdong area. Before the war, the food gap in Guangdong was more than 10 million dans (1 dan is equal to 50 kilograms), so the area had to import grain from other provinces and even foreign countries. After the war happened, the food shortage became more serious because the food supply system was destroyed by the Japanese invaders, couple with the home illegal food trades and the officials smuggling. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Guangdong famine happened every year with its own characteristics at each stage. In 1937, the grain shortage was still able to be under control, but from 1938 to 1943 the shortage problems became more and more serious and even out of control at the late stage of the war.
       The most basic manifestation of the food shortage is the rise of food prices. The food price rise caused a series of reactions such as a decline in people’s purchasing power, a rising of the other goods prices, and a shrinking of business. The people generally could not resist the food shortage and had to sell their property even children in exchange for food, or flee to the other places to become homeless. The hungry people had to eat root and skin of trees or a kind of “sweet” soil. The most serious situation is they had to eat other people, but finally, they all died from being hungry. The food shortage also worsened the contradictions between the military and political parties and had an impact on the political situation in Guangdong area.
       The government and all social associations took various measures to deal with these severe food shortages. The most important role of government in the relief of food was to coordinate food purchases and transportation between Guangdong with the neighboring provinces such as Hunan, Jiangxi, and Guangxi, and at the same time to allocate food and funds. The Guangdong provincial government played a major role in the food relief. The relief in the previous stage was mainly based on grain purchase and transportation. In the latter stage, especially after 1941, the Guangdong provincial government strengthened food control and attached importance to the various food production and conservation. The provincial government caused attention from all sides and also criticism from some parties because of the problem of food relief process. However, under the special and difficult environment of war, the Guangdong provincial government organized a series of relief measures to prevent the food shortage from getting out of control and to provide the victims with a certain degree of relief. Overseas Chinese, charitable organizations, social individuals, and other organizations and institutions also promoted and cooperated to relieve the food shortages.

目录
摘要
Abstract II
表目录 VI
绪论 1
一、选题意义 1
二、研究综述 1
第一章 抗战时期广东粮荒发生的原因 5
一、战前广东粮食生产不足 5
（一）复杂的自然环境 5
（二）商品化的农业生产占用大量耕地 6
（三）战前广东缺粮数量与粮食补给 7
二、战争环境加剧广东粮食紧缺 10
（一） 日军的打击和经济封锁 10
（二）粮食囤积操纵与腐败走私 12
（三）战时广东军粮负担沉重 14
三、抗战时期广东自然灾害频发 15
第二章 抗战时期广东国统区粮荒的发生及其扩展 21
一、1937年粮荒尚能控制 21
二、1938-1939年战事对粮荒影响凸显 22
三、1940-1941年粮荒问题严重化 24
四、1942-1943年战时最严重粮荒 26
五、1944-1945年粮荒缓解 29
第三章 抗战时期广东粮荒的影响 31
一、粮荒中饥民生活的窘境 31
（一）贫困与粮荒的恶性循环 31
（二）饥民变卖财产以购买米粮 33
（三）饥民逃荒 35
（四）食人惨案 36
二、粮价上涨的连锁反应 38
三、粮荒加剧广东地方军政矛盾 39
第四章 抗战时期广东国统区粮荒的应对措施 42
一、国民政府对战时广东国统区粮荒的救济 42
二、广东省政府的粮荒救济措施 45
（一）购运米粮 45
（二）粮食管制 52
（三）开展增产节约运动 54
三、社会团体和机构对粮荒救济的推动 63
（一）华侨的粮荒救济 63
（二）同乡会和商会的粮荒救济 64
（三）慈善机构的粮荒救济 65
结语 67
参考文献 69
后记 76