Produce Internationally, Consume Locally

2020 ◽  
pp. 273-295
Author(s):  
Vasilii Erokhin
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Food Market ◽  
New Challenges

China is one of the world's biggest importers of agricultural products. Until quite recently, China's agricultural policy focused on food self-sufficiency. Globalizing trade in agricultural commodities, however, has brought new challenges to establishing secure supply and achieving security rather than self-sufficiency. In the face of emerging trade tensions with the USA, one of China's responses to the emerging volatility of the global market is to expand production facilities abroad and thus diversify deliveries. This chapter discusses how China's Belt and Road Initiative may serve improving food security of the country by establishing of a predictable system of agricultural production and trade across Eurasia, particularly, with the involvement of land-abundant Russia and the countries of Central Asia. The author explores possible responses to emerging threats to China's domestic food market by elaborating an approach to theoretical definitions and practical issues of ensurance of food security and adaptation of China's policy to contemporary global challenges.

Produce Internationally, Consume Locally

2021 ◽  
pp. 926-947
Author(s):  
Vasilii Erokhin
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Food Market ◽  
New Challenges

China is one of the world's biggest importers of agricultural products. Until quite recently, China's agricultural policy focused on food self-sufficiency. Globalizing trade in agricultural commodities, however, has brought new challenges to establishing secure supply and achieving security rather than self-sufficiency. In the face of emerging trade tensions with the USA, one of China's responses to the emerging volatility of the global market is to expand production facilities abroad and thus diversify deliveries. This chapter discusses how China's Belt and Road Initiative may serve improving food security of the country by establishing of a predictable system of agricultural production and trade across Eurasia, particularly, with the involvement of land-abundant Russia and the countries of Central Asia. The author explores possible responses to emerging threats to China's domestic food market by elaborating an approach to theoretical definitions and practical issues of ensurance of food security and adaptation of China's policy to contemporary global challenges.

scholarly journals Food Security in Russia: Evolution of Priorities and Estimation Methods

2020 ◽  
pp. 182-196
Author(s):  
Alla Litvinova ◽  
Natalya Talalaeva
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
National Economic ◽  
The Face ◽  
Food Market ◽  
The Russian Federation

In the face of increasing threats to the national interests of Russia, the main strategic priority of its food security is the acquisition by the country of full food independence and sustainable competitive positions on the world food market. At the same time, the problem of a reliable estimation of the state of food security becomes important. The effective Food Security Doctrine of the Russian Federation includes detailed, but unclear and contradictory system of indicators that reflects the country’s priorities in food security only partially. The integrated assessment of food security executed for the period from 2010 to 2018 in accordance with the norms of the effective Doctrine revealed generally positive trends and the achievement of target safety criteria for a number of food products. However, the calculations on the indicators of the new Doctrine draft aimed at country’s self-sufficiency with basic food products and implementing its export potential showed that the criteria of independence for some kind of food are not met, and the export potential is absent, which predetermines the need to change food safety priorities and currently used methods of estimating its condition. The results obtained in the work can be applied in further research of the issues of assessing food safety and developing measures aimed at improving the efficiency of the national economic policy in food security.

scholarly journals POSSIBILITIES OF DEVELOPING A SINGLE FOOD MARKET IN THE COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL ASIA

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-10
Author(s):  
G. Sultanova ◽  
Kh. Karimova
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Security Policies ◽  
Safety Practices ◽  
Food Trade ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Food Commodity ◽  
Improve Food Security

Central Asia experienced major socio-economic shocks during the 1990s, which has increased food insecurity, malnutrition, and poverty. In response, Central Asia has adopted food self-sufficiency policies. This paper argues that regional and international trade can improve food security if implemented properly. However, a new constraint on food trade has arisen — food safety. Using food commodity data and analysis from Trade Map, this paper analyzes Central Asia’s intra-region food security policies. Evidence shows that food safety practices will affect internal food trade in Central Asia. Finally, a framework for creating a single food market is proposed.

scholarly journals Tendencies and Prospects of China’s Investments into Russian Regions

2019 ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Victoria Batmanova ◽  
Ellada Tikhonovich ◽  
Tatyana Chigareva ◽  
Yuan Lyudai
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Russian Regions ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One ◽  
Investment Process ◽  
The Belt And Road

The article examines the growing role of China in global investments. During 15 years of economic development of the country, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) became the second country in the world acting as a recipient of investments and the second (third) investor sending its funds abroad. After the maximum volume of foreign direct investments (FDI) from the PRC in 2016, 2017 was marked by the drop of FDI. This is connected with China’s control over FDI withdrawal from the country, increasing protectionism from other countries and the aggravating situation for Chinese investors in foreign markets. The drop of investments is connected with a number of reasons. On the one hand, the government of China has strengthened the control over the capital drain from the country in the form of investments. Another reason is the growth of trade protectionism. The complicating external conditions for Chinese investors in connection with the policy of the USA are also worth paying attention to. The 19th National Congress of China mentioned “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) strategy as the main plan for organizing the investment process in the nearest future. Today the effort concentration process (investments into infrastructure, interaction with the countries along the new economic silk belt) is observed. Russia and its regions are included into the Northern corridor of the Belt and Road Initiative and can leverage the advantages of the cooperation with China. China has already invested funds into perspective projects in Russian regions and in the nearest future they are expected to grow within the Belt and Road Initiative.

scholarly journals Does China’s Belt and Road Initiative Threaten Food Security in Central Asia?

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2690
Author(s):  
Troy Sternberg ◽  
Chris McCarthy ◽  
Buho Hoshino
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
European Space Agency ◽  
Export Market ◽  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Agricultural Imports

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) needs little introduction; the infrastructure investment will reconfigure development in Central Asia. As its origin story and initial encounter, Central Asia offers a prismatic lens to delve into the vital impacts and significant changes wrought by the BRI. In the dryland region, the BRI impact on watersheds and agriculture is a critical challenge with direct implications for food security. Framed by diverse research sources, we utilized spatial datasets from the European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative and the World Bank to explore the intersection of food production, water and development. Investigation evaluates the possible trade-offs that Chinese infrastructure investment can have on the communities and environment of Central Asia. The findings identify more than 15,000 km of rail and 20,000 km of roads linked to the BRI crisscrossing the region in 2018. Whilst these transport corridors have improved connectivity, many of these rails and roads traverse important agricultural and water zones, creating undetermined risks and opportunities. Land use change was examined within a 10-km buffer around BRI roads and rails from 2008 to 2018. Railways increased by 23% during this time, yet irrigated and rainfed agriculture decreased whilst urban areas markedly expanded. Contextual research identifies how Chinese policies may encourage agribusiness investment for food exports as possible disruptions to national and regional food supply. However, to date Central Asia provides <1% of Chinese agricultural imports. In fact, Afghanistan is the region’s dominant export market, tripling agricultural imports >300% in this time. Similarly, five times more livestock are traded within the region than to China. Evaluating infrastructure change is essential to understand BRI impacts on environments and societies, with the food-water nexus a particular concern in Central Asia. Limited Chinese imports of Central Asian agriculture suggests the region’s food security will not be significantly altered by the Belt and Road Initiative.

scholarly journals The objective need and trend of ensuring the food security in Russia in conditions of import substitution

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 00079
Author(s):  
Rafail Mukhametzyanov ◽  
Maria Romanyuk ◽  
Tatiana Ostapchuk ◽  
Natalya Ivantsova
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Import Substitution ◽  
State Level ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
The State ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Food Market ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article describes in detail two key elements of Russian food security: self-sufficiency and the potential of the domestic food market. It is these two factors that are regulated at the state level through the standards included in their composition. The article shows how the state policy of the Russian Federation for the regulation of food markets changed from the reform period to the present. Our studies have shown that the strengthening of measures for import substitution after 2014 has not yet allowed us to achieve complete self-sufficiency in all types of food. This is partly due to objective restrictions (for vegetables and fruits) and insufficient efforts to develop the industry (dairy and meat cattle breeding). In addition, by those types of food, according to which the thresholds of self-sufficiency are made, the dependence on imports is shifted to the area of industries that provide means of production (seeds, technique, etc.). A detailed analysis of food imports showed that after 2014 its volume decreased (as a result of a reduction in the effective demand and growth in agricultural production), while its commodity structure has practically changed. Analysis of the capacity and structure of the food market of the Russian Federation showed that the Russian population in long-term dynamics due to low income is not balanced. In addition, the reduction of disposable income over the past 6 years leads to a change in the structure of consumption towards an increase in the share of cheap poor-quality products. Thus, the issue of ensuring food security remains relevant and paramountable at the state level.

scholarly journals Doctrine on Food Security of Russia: Socio-Economic and Socio-Biological Aspects of Its Implementation in the Arctic

2021 ◽  
pp. 212-222
Author(s):  
Georgiy G. SUKHANOV ◽  
◽  
Sergey G. SUKHANOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Food Market ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Biological Aspects ◽  
Definition Of

The article considers socio-economic and socio-biological aspects of the Russian Food Security Doctrine, approved on January 21, 2020. The need to monitor Russia's food security is due to significant changes in “the country's socio-economic development, the emergence of new risks and threats to food security caused by economic sanctions imposed in 2014 by a number of Western countries against our country, the openness of the national food market” in connection with the accession to the World Trade Organization, and the deepening integration within the EAEU. The article examines modern approaches to the definition of state food security. Certain provisions of the Doctrine of Food Security of the Russian Federation are assessed, the analysis of food security in Russia in terms of self-sufficiency, economic and physical availability of food was carried out on the basis of statistical data. Food security in Russia has been achieved for the main items of food products, which is confirmed by the results of the analysis performed. A similar positive trend in the development of our country is confirmed by the estimates of foreign researchers based on the results of the Global Food Security Index monitoring. A comparative analysis of the diet of the population of Russia and the Arkhangelsk and Murmansk Oblasts is given. The work focuses on socio-biological risk factors for food security in the Arctic region of Russia.

scholarly journals Analysis of the market potential of poultry meat and its forecast

2021 ◽  
Vol 937 (2) ◽  
pp. 022104
Author(s):  
L M Roiter ◽  
I V Vedenkina ◽  
N A Eremeeva
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Poultry Meat ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Processed Products

Abstract The agri-food market is one of the strategic ones, since it ensures the food security of the country’s population. A significant aspect in the implementation of the new Doctrine of food security are products containing animal protein, including meat. Poultry farming has significant competitive advantages over other subsectors of animal husbandry in terms of investment attractiveness, purchasing opportunities for poultry meat and its processed products, dietary properties, and is also a product for all religious denominations. Analysis of the market potential of poultry meat in Russia in comparison with global trends showed the existence of unfilled niches both in the domestic and foreign markets. The main ones are the insufficient self-sufficiency of certain regions of the country with this product, the norms of poultry meat consumption in comparison with the leading countries, the low level of deep processing in most economic entities, the low share of meat from other types of poultry, almost absence of organic products on the market, and insignificant export volumes of poultry meat. Along with this, through a SWOT-analysis, the strengths and weaknesses of the industry, its threats and potential opportunities, as well as their combination, which is advisable to take into account when developing a strategy to improve the efficiency of the industry, have been identified. Taking into account the obtained results, a scheme for expanding the market potential of poultry meat is proposed, and its forecast for 2030 is given. The combination of these developments will allow the industry to increase the economic viability of its economic entities and expand the market potential of the target poultry meat market.

China and the Eurasian Economic Union

2020 ◽  
pp. 68-92
Author(s):  
Vasilii Erokhin ◽  
Gao Tianming
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Agricultural Trade ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
General Overview ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Economic Union

This chapter gives a general overview of current integration processes which affect the countries in the regions of Europe and Asia, with a special focus on China and its Belt and Road initiative, from one side, Russia and its integration initiative of the Eurasian Economic Union, from another side, and BRICS as an umbrella format of collaboration between China, Russia, and other countries. In the case of trade in food and agricultural products, the chapter covers the two major rising economic powers with the involvement of China and Russia which are the Eurasian Economic Union and BRICS. The authors interpret their developments in relation to the modification of existing approaches to agricultural trade and establishing food security in the BRICS+ format.

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