Geographical Differentiation in Household Plot Production in Rural Russia

Pallot, Judith; Nefedova, Tatyana

doi:10.2747/1538-7216.44.1.40

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“…This seems to contradict the idea advanced previously of the importance of garden plots for food provision in this region (46)(47)(48)(49) . However, other research has highlighted the complexity of the relationship between garden plots, where they are situated and what they produce (15,50) and the difference between subsistence food provision and the provision of a sustainably good diet (51) . Lack of nutritional knowledge and seasonality probably influence the relationship (15) .…”

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Changing patterns of fruit and vegetable intake in countries of the former Soviet Union

Abe

Stickley

Roberts

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Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To assess how the frequency of low fruit and vegetable consumption has changed in countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU) between 2001 and 2010 and to identify factors associated with low consumption. Design: Cross-sectional surveys. A standard questionnaire was administered at both time points to examine fruit and vegetable consumption frequency. Logistic regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between demographic, socio-economic and health behavioural variables and low fruit and vegetable consumption in 2010. Setting: Nationally representative population samples from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. Subjects: Adults aged 18 years and older. Results: Between 2001 and 2010 notable changes occurred in fruit and vegetable consumption in many countries resulting in a slight overall deterioration in diet. By 2010 in six countries about 40 % of the population was eating fruit once weekly or less often, while for vegetables the corresponding figure was in excess of 20 % in every country except Azerbaijan. A worse socio-economic situation, negative health behaviours (smoking and alcohol consumption) and rural residence were all associated with low levels of fruit and vegetable consumption. Conclusions: International dietary guidelines emphasise the importance of fruit and vegetable consumption. The scale of inadequate consumption of these food groups among much of the population in many FSU countries and its link to socio-economic disadvantage are deeply worrying. This highlights the urgent need for a greater focus to be placed on population nutrition policies to avoid nutrition-related diseases in the FSU countries.

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Changing patterns of fruit and vegetable intake in countries of the former Soviet Union

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Roberts

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Public Health Nutr.

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“…4 The private sector consists of personal subsidiary plots of the population (krest'yanskoye khozyaystvo) and private farms (krest'yanskiye (fermerskiye) khozyaystva). In chronological order, see the following works for extensive detail on the development of the household sector in Russian agriculture: Wegren et al, (2002); Pallot and Nefedova (2003);Sel'skokhozyaystvennaya deyatel'nost' (2003);Nefedova (2003, chap. 7); Patsiorkovski (2003, chaps.…”

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Russian Agriculture During Putin's First Term and Beyond

Wegren

2005

Eurasian Geography and Economics

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An American specialist on Russian agriculture surveys developments during Putin's first term in office, as well as the challenges that loom for the future. The focus is on how economic growth more broadly, and agrarian reform policy more specifically, have led to increasing agricultural output and improved financial stability of farms, with emphasis on the large-farm sector (former state and collective farms). Among the at least partially successful stabilization measures described in some detail are development of reliable sources of farm credit, debt restructuring and cancellation, greater fulfillment of state budget obligations, state intervention in grain markets, and trade protectionism. The paper also assesses the agenda for increasing Russian agriculture's global competitiveness in Putin's second term. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: F13, O18, Q10. 3 tables, 61 references. . The author thanks anonymous reviewers for remarks that improved the clarity of this paper.2 During the first seven years of post-Soviet agrarian reform (1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999), the number of beef cattle declined by 46 percent and the number of pigs decreased by 48 percent. To put those declines in perspective, during the first six years of Stalin's collectivization (1928)(1929)(1930)(1931)(1932)(1933)(1934), the number of cattle decreased by 40 percent and the number of pigs by 33 percent (Nove, 1982). As a result of declines in contemporary livestock holdings, livestock herds at the end of 1999 were smaller than those in the late 1950s (Sel'skoye khozyaystvo v Rossii, 2000, pp. 66-67).

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“…wild berry species, a variety of mushrooms, and medicinal plants) (Crate 2003, 2008, Pickup and White 2003, Yamin-Pasternak 2008. Households also marketed these resources to generate critical income (Lerman et al 2008, Pallot andNefedova 2003).…”

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Mapping resource use over a Russian landscape: an integrated look at harvesting of a non-timber forest product in central Kamchatka

Hitztaler¹,

Bergen²

2013

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Small-scale resource use became an important adaptive mechanism in remote logging communities in Russia at the onset of the post-Soviet period in 1991. We focused on harvesting of a non-timber forest product, lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), in the forests of the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russian Far East). We employed an integrated geographical approach to make quantifiable connections between harvesting and the landscape, and to interpret these relationships in their broader contexts. Landsat TM images were used for a new classification; the resulting land-cover map was the basis for linking non-spatial data on harvesters' gathering behaviors to spatial data within delineated lingonberry gathering sites. Several significant relationships emerged: (1) mature forests negatively affected harvesters' initial choice to gather in a site, while young forests had a positive effect; (2) land-cover type was critical in determining how and why gathering occurred: post-disturbance young and maturing forests were significantly associated with higher gathering intensity and with the choice to market harvests; and (3) distance from gathering sites to villages and main roads also mattered: longer distances were significantly correlated to more time spent gathering and to increased marketing of harvests. We further considered our findings in light of the larger ecological and social dynamics at play in central Kamchatka. This unique study is an important starting point for conservation-and sustainable development-based work, and for additional research into the drivers of human-landscape interactions in the Russian Far East.

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Geographical Differentiation in Household Plot Production in Rural Russia

Cited by 34 publications

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Changing patterns of fruit and vegetable intake in countries of the former Soviet Union

Changing patterns of fruit and vegetable intake in countries of the former Soviet Union

Russian Agriculture During Putin's First Term and Beyond

Mapping resource use over a Russian landscape: an integrated look at harvesting of a non-timber forest product in central Kamchatka

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