The Food Problem in Russian Agriculture

Author(s): Stephen Wegren
Editor(s): Jeronim Perovic, Robert Orttung, Matthias Neumann, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 52
Pages: 2-6
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2008

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, enormous changes have occurred in Russia's agricultural system affecting who produces the food, how much is produced and food trade policies. Despite neo-liberal reforms, Russia finds itself in a roughly similar situation as during the early 1990s: increased food imports attendant with rising input costs for farms and higher food prices for consumers. As a result, one constant for Russia is its continued search for food security.

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