Yakov Lyubovedsky: Reduction of cattle is the main problem of the Russian economy

Published 2020년 10월 21일

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Expert Yakov Lyubovedsky has highlighted several challenges in Russia's agricultural economy, including the reliance on imported sugar beet and crops that are abundant in the country. He emphasized the need for policies to increase Russia's dairy herd and support small and medium-sized businesses to keep cows. The current trend is a reduction in the number of cattle, with a decline in milk production. Lyubovedsky noted that this is particularly surprising in Russia, given its abundant fodder, grass, and water resources. He called for efforts to revive rural settlements and small businesses through the growth of peasant farms and personal subsidiary plots, which could help stabilize the economy and improve the dairy industry.

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According to the expert, the Russian economy needs a supporting system that will contribute to an increase in the dairy herd, as well as an adequate distribution infrastructure: this will allow small and medium-sized businesses to keep cows, which will directly affect the growth of the cattle population in the country. “There are three paradoxical problems in the Russian economy. The first is the production of sugar beet, which is 99% imported: there is nothing domestic in this production, from the product itself to the equipment, and this despite the fact that Russia is the world's largest sugar beet producer. The second problem is that we import crops that grow in abundance in our country: for example, Russia imports chamomile, garlic and apples the most in the world. And the last marker of the effectiveness of the economic policy of the agro-industrial complex of Russia are indicators for dairy herds. If the country does not have a supporting system that increases the dairy ...

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