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Trade Effects of Dismantling the Socialized Agriculture of the Former Soviet Union

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The transition to a market economy in the former Soviet Union will significantly reduce waste and losses in harvesting, marketing, transporting and processing agricultural products. The former system failed to have clear property rights in commodities, contributing to a high percentage of waste and losses. The privatization of agriculture and a market economy will significantly increase the productivity of feed. The use of grain for seed has been excessive and this will be gradually corrected. In recent years the former Soviet Union had annual grain imports of 35–40 million tons of grain and 1 million tons of meat. The dismantling of socialized agriculture is likely to lead to grain exports of about 20 million tons and eliminate the net imports of meat. These changes will have major effects on the international markets for grain and meat.

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  • D Gale Johnson, 1993. "Trade Effects of Dismantling the Socialized Agriculture of the Former Soviet Union," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 35(4), pages 21-31, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:compes:v:35:y:1993:i:4:p:21-31
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    1. Weyerbrock, Silvia, 2001. "The impact of agricultural productivity increases in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe on world agricultural markets," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 26(3), pages 237-251, December.
    2. Alexandratos, Nikos, 1996. "China's projected cereals deficits in a world context," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 15(1), pages 1-16, September.
    3. Johnson, D. Gale, 1997. "Privatization and Liberalization and the Transition To A Market Economy: The Former Soviet Union," 1997: Economic Transition in Central and East Europe, and the Former Soviet Union: Implications ... Symposium, June 12-14, 1997, Berlin, Germany 50833, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.
    4. Sedik, David J. & Liefert, William M. & Liapis, Peter S., 1997. "Economic Reform in the Newly Independent States of the Former USSR: Effects on Agricultural Production and Trade to 2005," 1997: Economic Transition in Central and East Europe, and the Former Soviet Union: Implications ... Symposium, June 12-14, 1997, Berlin, Germany 50844, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.
    5. Alexandratos, Nicholas & de Haen, Hartwig, 1995. "World consumption of cereals: will it double by 2025?," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 20(4), pages 359-366, August.

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