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Volohatykh Aleksei Sergeevich
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Kuban State Agrarian University
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Articles count: 1
The article reviews food security issues of Russia
under foreign sanctions and the state of food products
production and consumption in the Russian
Federation. Food security is considered as a major
factor of political and socio-economic stability of any
country, with Russia a no exception. However, it has
become one of the largest net food importers, chiefly
due to its agrarian sector weakness. The present paper
discusses major challenges of the agricultural industry
and necessary conditions for import substitution, gives
a definition to food security and analyzes Russian food
security in the terms of crisis. The authors assess
prospects for import substitution by domestic goods,
examine regional food production sectors and define
food-sufficiency level of the Russian population.
The article consequently infers that successful import
substitution rather than a redistribution of significant
import flows of agricultural products between
exporting countries requires a relatively long period,
which constitutes more than one or two years.
It is revealed, that Russian domestic production level
is insufficient for provisioning its population, which is
the main cause of the country importing necessary
amount of food from abroad. According to medical
norms, in spite of the positive consumption dynamics
of basic food products, the population does not receive
a significant amount of animal protein, vegetables and
fruit, and in a number of cases, the quality of food is
extremely low. In the article production of basic food
products, as well as average daily household food
rations per capita in terms of their energy and protein
value are subjected to analysis. Moreover, the article
gives an estimate to the Russian food import rates. It
studies the annual consumption of basic food products,
the dynamics of household expenditures share on food
and the number of Russian population whose incomes
are below the subsistence minimum