[PDF] Russias Food Policies And Globalization eBook

Author : Stephen K. Wegren
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 24,58 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780739106877

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Russia's economic fate in the 21st century will be increasingly affected by international integration. Author Stephen K. Wegren focuses on Russia's food policies and their present and future effects on integration. Through an analysis of Russia's contemporary food policies and strategies, Wegren places Russia's economic development in a new international context.

Author : Stephen K. Wegren
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 24,37 MB
Release : 2018-03-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1498532381

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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Russian food policy. Food policy is defined as the way government policy influences food production and distribution. Russia’s food policy is important for several reasons. The first and most obvious reason is that a dysfunctional food policy is symptomatic of larger political and societal problems. A failing food policy is often the precursor to political instability. Russian food policy is also important is due to the agricultural recovery since 2004 that has allowed Russia to become self-sufficient in grain production. Being food-sufficient in grain means that Russia is not drawing upon global grain supply. Even more important, Russia now produces surpluses and has become a global grain supplier. Moreover, the agricultural recovery has made the country food secure, traditionally defined as having enough food for a healthy life. An analysis of food policy reveals that the structure of food production has changed with the emergence of mega-farms called agroholdings that are horizontally and vertically integrated. Agroholdings represent a concentration of capital and land, with a small number of farms producing large percentages of total food output. The book explores alternatives to the industrial agricultural model by discussing different variants of sustainable agriculture. A final importance of Russian food policy concerns food trade. Russia has become more protectionist since 2012. The food embargo against Western nations (2014-2017) is one example, so too is import substitution that is a core component of food policy. The book demonstrates the politicalization of external food trade. Food trade and denial of access to the Russian market is used as an instrument of foreign policy to punish countries with whom Russia has disagreements. Current Russian policymakers have food resources to augment, support, and extend national interests abroad. Russia historically has cycled through periods of integration and isolation from the West. This book raises the question whether a new normal has arisen that is characterized by the permanent withdrawal from integration, as evidenced by its nationalist and protectionist food policy. The book is entirely original, rich in detail and broad in scope. It is based on field work, survey data, a wide reading of primary sources and the secondary literature, all of which are linked to important policy questions in development studies and food studies. It is destined to become a classic book on Russian food policy.

Author : Abay, Kibrom A.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 14,94 MB
Release : 2022-05-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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This paper analyzes the implications of the Russian-Ukraine crisis on global and regional food security. We start with a global vulnerability analysis to identify most vulnerable regions and countries. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is particularly vulnerable to trade shocks because of its high food import dependence. Thus, we provide descriptive evidence characterizing how food systems and policies impact vulnerability to the price shock in selected MENA countries: Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen. Within these countries, we show that the crisis will differentially impact poor and non-poor households as well as rural and urban households. Although the absolute level of food insecurity may still be higher in rural areas where larger numbers of poor households are located, urban poor are likely to suffer most because of the Russia-Ukraine crisis and associated hikes in food prices, especially in those countries where social protection and food subsidies are missing. On the policy side, we review lessons from previous food crises and identify actions needed to take (and to avoid) to protect most vulnerable countries and households in the short-term while also highlighting long-term policy options to diversify food, fertilizer and energy production and trade.

Author : Glauber, Joseph W.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 18,63 MB
Release : 2023-07-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, sparking fears of a global food crisis, IFPRI responded rapidly to the need for information and policy advice to address the crisis. From the first moments of the conflict, a new IFPRI blog series provided critical information and insights into the impacts on food security, caused by rising food, fertilizer, and fuel prices and trade disruptions, for vulnerable countries and regions. This book is a compilation of those blog posts, which include analysis of trade flows, tracking of food prices and policy responses, and results of impact modeling. Together, they provide an overview of how the crisis has progressed, how the international community and individual countries responded with efforts to ensure food security, and what we are learning about the best ways to ensure food security in the aftermath of a major shock to global food systems.

Author : Stephen K. Wegren
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 24,11 MB
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000178870

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This book analyzes the food revolution that has occurred in Russia since the late 1980s, documenting the transformation in systems of production, supply, distribution, and consumption. It examines the dominant actors in the food system; explores how the state regulates food; considers changes in patterns of food trade interactions with other states; and discusses how all this and changing habits of consumption have impacted consumers. It contrasts the grim food situation of 1980s and 1990s with the much better food situation that prevails at present and sets the food revolution in the context of the wider consumer revolution, which has affected fashion, consumer electronics, and other sectors of the economy.

Author : Sarah Alicia Rush
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 24,95 MB
Release : 2019
Category :
ISBN :

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When the food price spikes of 2007/8 and 2010-12 occurred, Russia responded with export restrictions on wheat that contributed to short-term panic, price transmission to importing countries, greater long-term price instability and shifting trading patterns. Russia’s actions and the subsequent impacts exposed how integrated the formerly-communist country now is and how much the global commodity market has shifted since the early 2000s. Today, Russia is the top exporter of wheat with its leverage in recipient countries growing, along with its ability to take disruptive action through agricultural and food policies. The dramatic shift in global wheat markets makes it imperative to understand the motivations and potential actions of Russian policymakers. Through an examination of Russia’s food history from 1922 to the present, the analysis reveals the enduring impulses that shape Russia’s contemporary food policy as a facet of national security and foreign policy strategy. The report ends with a brief survey of the circumstances that may impact the country’s position as the top exporter and the implications of its dominance for other major exporters and import-dependent countries

Author : Kym Anderson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 13,33 MB
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1137469250

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This book explores the potential for policy reform as a short-term, low-cost way to sustainably enhance global food security. It argues that reforming policies that distort food prices and trade will promote the openness needed to maximize global food availability and reduce fluctuations in international food prices. Beginning with an examination of historical trends in markets and policies, Anderson assesses the prospects for further reforms, and projects how they may develop over the next fifteen years. He pays particular attention to domestic policy changes made possible by the information technology revolution, which will complement global change to deal directly with farmer and consumer concerns.