Climate Dependence and Food Problems in Russia, 1900-1990
Subtitle: The Interaction of Climate and Agricultural Policy and Their Effect on Food Problems
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: August 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9789637326103
Subjects: Agriculture & related industries; Climatology; 20th century; History; Environmental Economics; History - General History; Soviet Union; History: World; Russia; Environmental Science; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Crops and climate; Agriculture and state
First sentence: When analyzing the development of Soviet agriculture it should be borne in mind that Russia is comparatively poorly endowed in terms of agricultural land and climate and that, under any system of farming, agricultural productivity would be appreciably lower than, for example, that of the United States or Western Europe.
Description: "This book explores the interconnections between climate, policy and agriculture in Russia and the former Soviet Union between 1900 and 1990. During this period there were several instances of grain and other food shortages, some of which reached disaster proportions resulting in mass famine and death on an unprecedented scale." "Several new sources of information not previously available as well as official documents and other sources have been used to explore the extent to which policy and vagaries in climate conspired to affect agricultural yields."--Jacket.