Russia : Policies for Agri-Food Sector Competitiveness and Investment
Despite advances in agricultural production, TFP, and trade balances, Russia continues to lag behind many comparator countries in measures of crop and livestock productivity. This report has aimed to provide a vehicle for dialogue with government o...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/294651512402020652/Russia-policies-for-agri-food-sector-competitiveness-and-investment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29040 |
| Summary: | Despite advances in agricultural
production, TFP, and trade balances, Russia continues to lag
behind many comparator countries in measures of crop and
livestock productivity. This report has aimed to provide a
vehicle for dialogue with government on agri-food sector
collaboration to address this situation. It has identified
policy recommendations to address selected challenges and to
support the government's aim of attracting investments
in the agri-food sector, approached from the point of view
that increased productivity will improve the competitiveness
of agri-food value chains, result in higher profitability,
and encourage more investment, including FDI, in Russian
agriculture. In practical terms, this report has identified
three areas in which the public sector may be able to use
policy and programmatic interventions to spur productivity,
competitiveness, investment, and exports: investing in
broadening productivity gains in priority sectors,
strengthening value chains and value-addition in the food
industry, and promoting human capital in rural areas through
capacity building in agricultural sciences and farm
management to improve labor productivity. Some progress has
been made, but more is needed. |
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