Nikolai M Dronin

Climate Dependence and Food Problems in Russia, 1900-1990

The Interaction of Climate and Agricultural Policy and Their Effect on Food Problems
Herausgeber: Bellinger, Edward G

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Between 1900 and 1990 there were several periods of grain and other food shortages in Russia and the former Soviet Union, some of which reached disaster proportions resulting in mass famine and death on an unprecedented scale.New stocks of information not previously accessible as well as traditional official and other sources have been used to explore the extent to which policy and vagaries in climate conspired to affect agricultural yields. Were the leaders' (Stalin, Krushchev, Brezhnev and Gorbachev) policies sound in theory but failed in practice because of unpredictable weather? How did the Soviet peasants react to these changes? What impact did Soviet agriculture have on the overall economy of the country? These are all questions that are taken into account.The book is arranged in chapters representing different time periods. In each the policy of the central government is discussed followed by the climate vagaries during that period. Crop yields are then analyzed in the light of policy and climate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 708g
• ISBN-13: 9789637326103
• ISBN-10: 9637326103
• Artikelnr.: 21197190

Autorenporträt

Niklolai M. Dronin lectures at Moscow State University and is involved in a number of international projects concerning environmental problems in Russia. The current book evolved from work with Kassel University (Germany) on climate change and food security in Russia. Edward G. Bellinger was Head of Environmental Sciences Department at the Central European University, Budapest,

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures, List of Tables, Preface, Chapter 1. Introduction: climate
and agriculture in Russia Chapter 2. The availability and reliability of
statistical agricultural data for Russia 2.1. The pre-revolutionary period
(before 1916) 2.2. The post-revolutionary decade (1917-28) 2.3. The Stalin
era (1929-53) 2.4. The post-Stalin period (after 1953) 2.5. Summary Chapter
3. The pre-revolutionary period (1900-16) 3.1. Major developments in
agriculture 3.2. Weather variations and agricultural production 3.3. Food
problems 3.4. Summary Chapter 4. The post-revolutionary period (1917-28)
4.1. Major developments in agriculture 4.2. Weather variations and
agricultural production 4.3. Food problems 4.4. Summary Chapter 5. The
collectivization of Soviet agriculture (1929-40) 5.1. Major developments in
agriculture 5.2. Weather variations and agricultural production 5.3. Food
problems 5.4. Summary Chapter 6. The post-war recovery period (1945-54)
6.1. Major developments in agriculture 6.2. Weather variations and
agricultural production 6.3. Food problems 6.4. Summary Chapter 7. The
virgin lands campaign (1955-64) 7.1. Major developments in agriculture 7.2.
Weather variations and agricultural production 7.3. Food problems 7.4.
Summary Chapter 8. Period of intensification of the Soviet agriculture
(1965-75) 8.1. Major developments in agriculture 8.2. Weather variations
and agricultural production 8.3. Food problems 8.4. Summary Chapter 9.
Period of stagnation of the Soviet agriculture (1976-90) 9.1. Major
developments in agriculture 9.2. Weather variations and agricultural
production 9.3. Food problems 9.4. Summary Conclusion, Glossary, References