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Human capital and Russia's agricultural future

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  • Stephen K. Wegren

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Russian agriculture has rebounded from the depths of the 1990s but significant challenges remain. This article documents deficiencies in rural human capital, specifically, a contracting rural labour force, a shortage of skilled workers, and migratory outflow of the rural young. These problems are compounded by emerging budgetary constraints, slower economic growth and de-mechanisation of agricultural labour. State policy prioritises food production but does not allocate sufficient resources to supporting human capital on which food production depends. As a result, the base of human capital will continue to erode, thereby damaging leadership aspirations and Russian competitiveness in the global food market.

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  • Stephen K. Wegren, 2014. "Human capital and Russia's agricultural future," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(4), pages 537-554, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pocoec:v:26:y:2014:i:4:p:537-554
    DOI: 10.1080/14631377.2014.964467
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    1. Golovina, Svetlana & Hess, Sebastian & Nilsson, Jerker & Wolz, Axel, 2019. "Networking among Russian farmers and their prospects for success," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 31(4), pages 484-499.
    2. Andrey Baldanov & Lily Kiminami & Shinichi Furuzawa, 2019. "Study on the relationships between rural and agricultural development and human resource development in Russian Federation since 2000s," Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, Springer, vol. 12(2), pages 87-100, August.

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