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: May 5, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9789637326097
Subjects: Agriculture & related industries; Climatology; Technology; Industries - General; Crops and climate; History - General History; Soviet Union; Science/Mathematics; International Relations - Trade & Tariffs; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Agriculture and state; Agriculture - General; Russia
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.