Russia’s burgeoning agriculture sector: lessons for South Asia and Africa


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Russia’s burgeoning agriculture sector: lessons for South Asia and Africa June 29, 2020 Print As the World’s largest country, about 70% of Russia’s land area is estimated to be a high risk territory for agriculture with productive agricultural lands accounting for only 13% of the country’s total land size yet the agriculture sector continues to flourish, positioning Russia as an agriculture powerhouse in the World – in 2016, Russia became the World’s largest exporter of wheat. This was the first time such a feat was recorded in the country after the Russian revolution. In 2017, Russia earned a revenue of...