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Is Russia the Emerging Global ‘Breadbasket’? Re-cultivation, Agroholdings and Grain Production

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  • Oane Visser
  • Max Spoor
  • Natalia Mamonova

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Expectations of Russia becoming a global ‘breadbasket’ have been nurtured by its rise to the top group of global wheat exporters, the abundance of abandoned land, assumed yield gaps and the apparent ‘success’ of agroholdings. It is argued here that becoming a global breadbasket is hindered by substantial costs of re-cultivating abandoned land, management and financial problems of megafarms and agroholdings, lack of infrastructure for exports and increased domestic demand for feed grains as input for the meat sector. Furthermore, as Russian wheat production is extremely volatile it might increase global price volatility, rather than contributing to global food security.

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  • Oane Visser & Max Spoor & Natalia Mamonova, 2014. "Is Russia the Emerging Global ‘Breadbasket’? Re-cultivation, Agroholdings and Grain Production," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 66(10), pages 1589-1610, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:66:y:2014:i:10:p:1589-1610
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2014.967569
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    1. Andrei Kirilenko & Nikolai Dronin, 2022. "Recent grain production boom in Russia in historical context," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 171(3), pages 1-19, April.
    2. Belyaeva, Maria, 2018. "A comprehensive analysis of current state and development perspectives of Russian grain sector: Production efficiency and climate change impact," Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Transition Economies 280713, Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO).
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    4. T. G. Nefedova & A. I. Treivish & A. V. Sheludkov, 2022. "Spatially Uneven Development in Russia," Regional Research of Russia, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 4-19, March.
    5. Belyaeva, Maria, 2018. "A comprehensive analysis of current state and development perspectives of Russian grain sector: Production efficiency and climate change impact," Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Transition Economies, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), volume 91, number 91.

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