Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wegren, Stephen K.
• Nikulin, Alexander M.
• Trotsuk, Irina

Titel

Problems and prospects for organic agriculture in Russia

Ist Teil von

• Post-communist economies, 2023-10, Vol.35 (7), p.647-669

Ort / Verlag

Abingdon: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Taylor & Francis Journals Auto-Holdings Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Russian policymakers have ambitions to become a major exporter of organic foods, capturing as much as 10% of the world's organic market. Russia's war with Ukraine and subsequent Western sanctions render this goal unrealistic for the foreseeable future. Aside from the war, this article examines factors that affect the growth of Russia's organic food sector. We argue that although Russia's organic food sector has come far in a short period of time, it is unlikely to dislodge the primacy of industrial agriculture, which remains the cornerstone of agricultural production in Russia and in other developed states. The organic food market in Russia is likely to remain a niche market, which means that Russia will remain wedded to industrial agriculture and the food it produces.