Grow More Food (National Food Campaign)
A smiling man in a headcloth shoulders a hoe above a heap of grain, maize, pumpkin, aubergine and beans, beside the letters 'Grow more food' under a 'National Food Campaign' banner. The tell for plain-folks is the cheerful working cultivator as the model for the request; the sheet states no figures or reasons.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Department of Civil Defence, Ceylon (printed at Government Press, Colombo)
- Region
- South Asia
- Country
- Ceylon
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Ceylon Colonial Administration
- Leader
- No single regime or leader
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; Ceylon government wartime print, hosted by owner decision
Department of Civil Defence, Ceylon; Government Press, Colombo. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-196b.
Text on the object
NATIONAL FOOD CAMPAIGN GROW MORE FOOD ISSUED BY THE DEPT. OF CIVIL DEFENCE [imprint:] J. N. A 34333-17,000 (1/44). GOVT. PRESS, COLOMBO.
