Russian Federation : Agriculture Support Policies and Performance
Since 2013, the performance of Russian agriculture can fairly be described as remarkable. On average, Russian agriculture has been growing faster (3.3 percent per year) than gross domestic product (GDP) (0.9 percent per year). Increasing food expor...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/280571624592318375/Russian-Federation-Agriculture-Support-Policies-and-Performance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35909 |
| Summary: | Since 2013, the performance of Russian
agriculture can fairly be described as remarkable. On
average, Russian agriculture has been growing faster (3.3
percent per year) than gross domestic product (GDP) (0.9
percent per year). Increasing food exports and decreasing
imports have led to a fall in the agricultural trade deficit
from nearly US27 billion dollars in 2013 to about US5
billion dollars in 2018. As a result of this performance,
Russian self-sufficiency targets have been met in all
commodities except for milk production. Despite this
positive trajectory, Russian agriculture is operating at
less than its potential. Several studies have called
attention to abandoned land as proof that Russian
agriculture is underperforming. Currently, Russia uses just
over half of registered agricultural lands (Uzun, 2017a).
However, only 5-10 percent of total croplands could feasibly
be brought back into production. Moreover, increases in
gross agricultural output in OECD countries, as well as in
Russia, come overwhelmingly from yield increases and not
from increases in area. This report presents a general
overview of Russian agriculture performance and policy,
focusing on both the achievements of the past few years and
the limits to that performance. It begins with a broad
survey of production, land use, livestock, productivity and
trade (chapter one). It then focuses on policies in the
State Program for the Development of Agriculture in Russia,
the types of support, distribution of subsidies, and the
effectiveness of the Program (chapter two). It then focuses
on how Russian support differs from support in OECD and
other countries (chapter three). It ends with a conclusion
on what can be done for Russian agriculture to operate
closer to its potential (chapter four). |
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