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The growing importance of the former USSR countries in world agricultural markets

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  • William M. Liefert
  • Eugenia Serova
  • Olga Liefert

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The major countries of the former Soviet Union-specifically Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan-are becoming increasingly important in world agricultural markets. The two main developments are that this region has become a large grain exporter, especially of wheat and barley, and Russia a big agricultural importer, especially of meat. These trends should continue for the next decade. However, policies to expand the livestock sector could mitigate these developments, as increased domestic meat production would reduce both meat imports and surplus feed grain for export. Also, further growth in the region's grain exports will require improvement in the infrastructure for storing and transporting grain. Copyright (c) 2010 International Association of Agricultural Economists.

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  • William M. Liefert & Eugenia Serova & Olga Liefert, 2010. "The growing importance of the former USSR countries in world agricultural markets," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 41(s1), pages 65-71, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:agecon:v:41:y:2010:i:s1:p:65-71
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    1. William M. Liefert, 2002. "Comparative (Dis?) Advantage in Russian Agriculture," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 84(3), pages 762-767.
    2. Liefert, William M. & Liefert, Olga & Serova, Eugenia, 2009. "Russia's Transition to Major Player in World Agricultural Markets," Choices, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 24(2).
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    1. Bobojonov, Ihtiyor & Teuber, Ramona & Oshakbayev, Dauren & Glauben, Thomas, 2015. "Agrifood sector transformation and its implications on development of small farmers in Kazakhstan," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 211357, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Klaus Deininger & Denys Nizalov & Sudhir K Singh, 2013. "Are mega-farms the future of global agriculture? Exploring the farm size-productivity relationship for large commercial farms in Ukraine," Discussion Papers 49, Kyiv School of Economics.
    3. Deininger, Klaus & Nizalov, Denys & Singh, Sudhir K, 2013. "Are mega-farms the future of global agriculture ? exploring the farm size-productivity relationship," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6544, The World Bank.

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