Provisional results of the 2016 All-Russia Census of Agriculture suggest that the view of agricultural land needs to be revised completely. They also suggest that regulatory and supervisory authorities should draw serious conclusions from that

From the largest importer of grain that the country used to be in the Soviet times, Russia has evolved into its net exporter. The potential for increasing grain exports by means of reclaiming abandoned lands is being examined. There are as well opportunities for boosting grain production by...