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On January 21, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a revised version of Food Security Doctrine for Russia. [9] According to the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, the emergence of new economic conditions such as economic sanctions, Russia's accession to the WTO and enhanced integration processes within the Eurasian Economic Union prompted the revision of the doctrine.
While agricultural policy in Russia had been poorly structured and largely unsuccessful, some basic trends have helped to create forces for change. The first is that state tax revenues have been falling, and hence the spending capacity for agricultural policy has been falling. Total federal transfers to agriculture fell from 10% to 4% of GDP ...
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there have been more frequent issues with hunger and food insecurity in Russia. [51] Both Russia and Ukraine were subject to a series of severe droughts from July 2010 to 2015. [52] The 2010 drought saw wheat production fall by 20% in Russia and subsequently resulted in a temporary ban on grain exports. [53]
The Ministry of Agriculture is subdivided into functional departments including the Federal Agency for Fishery and the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision. It was formed from the Russian SFSR branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food in 1990 and is headquartered in the Narkomzem Building in Krasnoselsky District ...
Russia is weaponising food, energy and abducted children in its war against Ukraine, president Volodymyr Zelensky told leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
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The program was aimed to develop social welfare in Russia by additional funding by the state of four selected projects focusing on public health, education, housing and agriculture. The program has been supervised by the Council for Implementation of the Priority National Projects attached to the president of the Russian Federation, created ...
OPINION: Some say this is a white man's war. But Russia and Ukraine play a significant role in the world's food supply—now halted by war and sanctions. The impact could have a devastating effect ...