search our site     home > key topics > international agriculture   russia Economic reforms after the breakup of the USSR in 1991 have transformed Russia from one of the world's largest importers of grain to one of the world's largest importers of meat. Direct meat imports have replaced grain imports that were supplying an inefficient and highly subsidized livestock sector. The United States has substantially reduced its grain exports to Russia and become Russia's main foreign supplier of meat. ERS analyzes Russian agricultural production and trade, policy developments, and key current issues as they relate to agriculture. related briefing rooms - offer an indepth discussion synthesizing ERS research Hungary Poland Russia Ukraine feature Agricultural Productivity and Efficiency in Russia and Ukraine: Building on a Decade of Reform reviews the evidence on the productivity of agricultural production and explores some of the causes of inefficient practices. Implementing institutional reforms would allow productivity and efficiency in the agricultural sector to improve. Consequently, completing the reform program could allow Russia and Ukraine to emerge as significant grain exporters in the future. web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov updated: July 29, 2002  Also at ERS... latest publications (all) • Black Sea Grain Exports: Will They Be Moderate or Large? • Food Security Assessment, GFA-15 • Amber Waves, February 2004 latest data products (all) • International Food Consumption Patterns resources • Contact an ERS Expert • Calendar of Releases services • Receive E-mail Updates • E-mail This Page • Translate This Page

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