The paper, by Joachim von Braun, Eugenia Serova, Harm tho Seeth, and Olga Melyukhina, finds that economic restructuring has been accompanied by a 39 percent fall in GDP and by shrinking production of major food items, including grain, potatoes, milk, and meat. Overall agricultural production dropped by 21 percent from 1991 to 1994. The paper predicts that Russian agriculture will remain in transition for a long time. Although the country may be able to greatly increase its agricultural production in the long run, in the near future institutional and policy constraints and poor use of capital are likely to limit the efficiency and growth of Russia's food economy. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Trade Yearbook , vol.
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