OECD Review of Agricultural Policies
Subtitle: Russian Federation 1998
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD Review of Agricultural Policies
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9789264163126
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Description: The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the beginning of a long and laborious transition to a market-oriented economy in Russia. While significant progress has been made in liberalising the economy, difficulties remain in the agro-food sector. Russia has enormous economic potential and the agricultural economy will continue to form a significant part of Russia's economic and social structure well into the 21st century. But to fulfill this potential, Russia needs to facilitate the development and implementation of effective market mechanisms and to eliminate the structural barriers that are impeding the emergence of a strong and competitive agro-food sector. This study is one of the most comprehensive analyses and assessments of developments in Russia's agricultural policies since the onset of reform, drawing on the OECD's well-established method of calculating support from agricultural policies using Producer and Consumer Subsidy Equivalents.
Table of contents: title: Summary and Conclusions; title: A. The Economic and Agricultural Environment; title: B. Agro-Food Restructuring; title: C. Agricultural Policies; title: D. International Trade Relations; title: E. Assistance to Agriculture; title: F. Conclusion; title: Part I. Economic and Agricultural Environment; title: A. General Aspects; title: B. Agricultural Situation; title: Part II. Agro-Food Foreign Trade; title: A. Trade Flows; title: B. Trade Relations; title: Part III. Privatisation and Structural Change in the Agro-Food Sector; title: A. Land Ownership in Russia - Historical Overview; title: B. Farm Structures Before Reform; title: C. The Process of Land and Agrarian Reform; title: D. Privatisation in the Upstream and Downstream Sectors; title: E. Privatisation and Reorganization of the Social and Technical Infrastructure; title: Part IV. Agricultural and Food Policy Objectives and Measures; title: A. Agricultural Policy Framework; title: B. Price and Income Support Measures; title: C. Foreign Trade Measures; title: D. Reduction of Input Costs; title: E. Infrastructural Measures; title: F. Rural Development Measures; title: G. Social Measures; title: H. Environmental Measures; title: I. Consumer Measures; title: J. Overall Budgetary Outlays on Agro-Food Policies; title: Part V. Evaluation of Support to Agriculture; title: -A. Aggregate Results; title: B. Exchange Rate Sensitivity; title: C. Decomposition Analysis of Support; title: D. Analysis of Support by Commodity; title: Bibliography; title: Annex I. Assistance to Russian Agriculture: Concepts, Methodology, and PSE and CSE Data; title: Annex II. Main Political and Agricultural Policy Events 1985-1997; title: Annex III. Regional Analysis of Agricultural Policy in the Russian Federation