This Open Access book analyses the emergence of Russia as a global food power and what it means for global food trade. Russia's strategy for food production and trade has changed significantly since the end of the Soviet period, and this is the first book to take account of Russia's rise as a food power and the global implications of that rise.

Section 1. Agri-Food Trade Policy and Practice.- Introduction: Is Russia’s Role in the International Agri-Food System Sustainable? (Stephen K. Wegren and Frode Nilssen).- 1. Chapter 1: Russia’s Foreign Food Trade: An Historical Survey (Stephen K. Wegren).- 2. Chapter 2: Russia’s Development as a Top Player in World Grain Trade (William Liefert and Olga Liefert).- 3. Chapter 3: The Role of Food Exports in Russia’s Economy (Nikolai M. Svetlov).- 4. Chapter 4: Maximilian Heigermoser, and Tinoush Jamali Jaghdani, Russia’s Food Security and Impact on Agri-Food Trade (Linde Götz).- 5. Chapter 5: Russia’s Role in International Fish and Seafood Trade (Frode Nilssen).- Section 2. Russia’s Regional Agri-Food Trade.- 6. Chapter 6: Russia’s Regional Free Trade Agreements and Agri-Food Trade after 2014 (Christel Elvestad and Tatiana Isachenko).- 7. Chapter 7: Prospects for Agri-Food Trade between Russia and China (Jiayi Zhou).- 8. Chapter 8: Russia’s Agri-Food Trade within the Eurasian EconomicUnion (Rilka Dragneva).- 9. Chapter 9: Russia’s Agri-Food Trade with the Middle East and North Africa (Maximilian Heigermoser, Tinoush Jamali Jaghdani, and Linde Götz).- 10. Chapter 10: Agri-Food Trade between the United States and Russia: From Divergence to Irrelevance (Stephen K. Wegren).

This Open Access book analyses the emergence of Russia as a global food power and what it means for global food trade.  Russia's strategy for food production and trade has changed significantly since the end of the Soviet period, and this is the first book to take account of Russia's rise as a food power and the global implications of that rise.  It includes food trade policy and practice, and developments in regional food trade.This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners in agricultural economics, international trade, and international food trade. Stephen K. Wegren is Distinguished University Professor, Professor of Political Science at Southern Methodist University, USA, and Director of International and Area Studies, Southern Methodist University. Frode Nilssen is Professor at Nord University Business School, Norway, and the Head of Department for Marketing, Strategy and Management at Nord University BusinessSchool.

“THE ESSAYS IN THIS COLLECTION, BY US, EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN authors, survey the agricultural and food (agri-food) trade of the Russian Federation (RF) in 2010–2020. ... Although completed just as the COVID-19 pandemic was taking hold and before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the essays hold up very well.” (Don Van Atta, Europe-Asia Studies, April 29, 2024)

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