Open AccessGrain Problem in the 20th Century Siberia
Author(s) -
Vladimir Il'inyh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskogo fonda fundamentalʹnyh issledovanij. gumanitarnye i obŝestvennye nauki/vestnik rffi. gumanitarnye i obŝestvennye nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-8956
pISSN - 2587-6090
DOI - 10.22204/2587-8956-2019-097-04-20-30
Subject(s) - grain trade , incentive , agriculture , political science , geography , economy , history , agricultural economics , economics , market economy , archaeology
The author offers a retrospective analysis of the stages and methods of solving the grain problem in the 20th century Siberia. The study focuses on the country's farming development. The grain problem in the region had its own features, yet was part of the national problem as well. Siberia was one of the leading granaries of the nation. The country leaders have continuously tried to use the potential of the region to step up grain production.
It is established that in early 20th century, there was no grain problem in Siberia. In the Soviet period, it turned into a permanent one. The periods of its exacerbation were the early 1920s, the late 1920 and early 1930s, early 1950s, early 1960s, early 1980s, and early 1990s. The problem used to be solved through radical farming reforms, economic incentives for farmers, new farming innovations, and the shift to non-economic or market-based mechanism of grain turnover. Despite some measures driving manufacture, the grain problem in the region and the country as a whole was not solved in the 20th century.