The paper has examined trends and patterns in crop diversification in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir for the period 2007-08 to 2013-14 using Simpson Index of Diversification (SID) and estimated the determinants of crop diversification by using multiple regression analysis. The cropping...

The direct regulation of prices for vegetable oil, sugar, and bread has helped to stop their growth, however it has not resulted in halting food inflation as a whole. Restrictive measures on wheat exports have led to world prices growth but when put into effect they can reduce prices for the...

At present about 4% of Russia's GDP is generated in agriculture; however, the sector still accounts for 9.7% of the total number of employed in domestic economy with 26% of the country's population living in rural areas. The latter indicator has remained actually unchanged throughout the 10...

High volumes of grain production in 2013, the devaluation of the national currency and concerns about likely disrupti ons in grain supplies from Ukraine allowed Russia to increase its grain export volumes in the period of 2013- 2014 MY1 and achieve the second highest result after record-high...

Последствиями введения в 2014 г. запретов на импорт свинины из стран, которые являлись основными экспортерами мяса в Россию, в краткосрочном периоде стали:...

Высокие объемы производства зерна в 2013 г., ослабление курса рубля и опасения по поводу возможных сбоев поставок зерна из Украины позволили России увеличить...

Снижение импортных пошлин на свинину с августа 2012 г. после вступления России в ВТО привело к падению цен на свинину и снижению рентабельности российских...

Due to its specifics agriculture is very inert and cannot promptly respond to the changing environment. As a result the signs of crisis appear therein later and the after-crisis recovery goes slower than in other sectors of the economy

In the beginning of 2010 the RF President approved the Doctrine of Food Security worked out in the framework of the Strategy of National Security of the Russian Federation till 2020 (enacted by the RF President Decree No. 537 of May 12, 2009). For the first time the Doctrine treats food security...