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Russia’s food security under the crisis of 2020–2021: Objective and subjective dimensions

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  • Shagaida, Natalia

    (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration)

  • Trotsuk, Irina

    (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration)

Abstract
The article presents the results of the assessment of Russia’s food security in 2020–2021 based on the available statistical data and sociological monitoring of the population’s ‘food well-being’ conducted since 2015 by the Center for Agro-Food Policy of the RANEPA. The authors believe that the pandemic risks for Russian agriculture were limited, and agricultural production ensured a high level of food self-sufficiency. Although the physical access to food remained at the same level, the economic access has deteriorated; however, Russian families managed to keep their usual diet by redirecting the money saved due to the pandemic restrictions to food consumption. Rising food prices have become the most important problem under the crisis, and to solve it, the Russian government has used a wide range of measures — from reducing duties on food imports and temporary bans on food exports to setting marginal retail prices for certain food products. The sociological assessment of the population’s ‘food well-being’ (the all-Russian telephone survey) showed that the families’ requirements to the access to food are rather modest due to the huge credit of patience and sustainable practices of adaptation to the objective social-economic restrictions. Given the achieved indicators of Russia’s food self-sufficiency according to the Food Security Doctrine, the state should shift its focus from food self-sufficiency (and increasing exports) to the economic access of the population to food.

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  • Shagaida, Natalia & Trotsuk, Irina, 2022. "Russia’s food security under the crisis of 2020–2021: Objective and subjective dimensions," Russian Peasant Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, vol. 7, pages 93-121.
    • Handle: RePEc:rnp:rupeas:rps2213
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