Russian Federation: Agriculture Support Policies and Performance

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Russian Federation: Agriculture Support Policies and Performance

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2021-07-14T19:31:46Z
dc.date.available	2021-07-14T19:31:46Z
dc.date.issued	2020-11-20
dc.description.abstract	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).	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/280571624592318375/Russian-Federation-Agriculture-Support-Policies-and-Performance
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/35909
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/35909
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	LAND USE
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
dc.title	Russian Federation	en
dc.title.subtitle	Agriculture Support Policies and Performance	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Russian Federation
okr.date.disclosure	2021-06-25
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-07T09:14:17.729745Z
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Other Agricultural Study
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/280571624592318375/Russian-Federation-Agriculture-Support-Policies-and-Performance
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	33211337
okr.identifier.report	AUS0001585
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okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/280571624592318375/pdf/Russian-Federation-Agriculture-Support-Policies-and-Performance.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Europe and Central Asia
okr.region.country	Russian Federation
okr.topic	Public Sector Development::Public Sector Expenditure Policy
okr.topic	Agriculture::Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.topic	Agriculture::Food Security
okr.topic	International Economics and Trade::Export Competitiveness
okr.unit	Agriculture Global Practice