Is Russia the Emerging Global ‘Breadbasket’? Re-cultivation, Agroholdings and Grain Production
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: 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.
Source: Europe Asia Studies
Authors: Oane Visser, Max Spoor, Natalia Mamonova
Institution: International Institute of Social Studies
Language: English
Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2090122977