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Putin: Russia is now fully self-sufficient in basic food products
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
TASS — Putin: Russia is now fully self-sufficient in basic food products
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Putin: Russia is now fully self-sufficient in basic food products
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"...investment dollars have poured into the Black Sea region since the break up of the Soviet Union, resulting in the targeted development of the region’s agricultural potential. Today, large, vertically integrated farming operations, many with headquarters in Moscow or Kiev are commonplace.
“The biggest shock that I had was seeing a Bourgault seeder, made in Saskatchewan, operating on a Russian field,” said Backman. “They have access to all of the same technologies that we do, with the exception of seed varieties.” He added even the least vertically integrated agro-holding corporations the mission visited owned land, elevators and transport equipment.
“They are essentially able to truck from where they’re growing to port,” he said. “Some of the ones that we saw did have to deal with rail transportation, but they owned the farm and the elevator—and they also owned the terminal as well. They were actually able to, as a farming business, bid on contracts.”
https://grainswest.com/2019/11/surfing-the-black-sea/
Always be self-sufficient in food production, even if isn't cost efficient. Venezuela is a case in point.
Not only should nations be food self-sufficient but also families and families should also be self-sufficient wrt housing.
That's the Biblical model (e.g. Leviticus 25) as I see it.
Plenty of potatoes and vodka....
AA,
A corrective adjustment has been made, we're not going back... nothing works that way...
We're not self sufficient in food in Canada either. Easily could be :( We have a lot of fresh water though :))))
Lastgreek
Well, Canada IS self sufficient in eggs, poultry, all the grains, pulse (if we think in terms of net exports), dairy, pork and beef (although COVID-19 has not helped with the latter, that's for sure), potatoes, maple syrup, apples, berries (such as blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, Saskatoon berries, cranberries) although we choose to get a lot of that from the US/Mexico/Chile, alcohol (think Canadian whisky, beer, vodka), oil (vegetable, canola, safflower, corn, etc.), tomatoes (because of hydroponics), fish and seafood. We are not self sufficient in terms of vegetables and greens (largely sourced from the US outside of the summer months), and in terms of what we today consider ordinary fruit like oranges, lemons, kiwis etc. However, for the latter, in crisis conditions, we could easily do a massive expansion of summer freezing and canning, as we did in the old days. Maybe without trade we could not have many lemons, but our capacity to produce apple compotes and pickled veg (haha!) is immense...
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