Assessing and Regulating Food Sovereignty and Security for Siberian Population
P.M. PERSHUKEVICH
Siberian Research Institute of Agricultural Economics at the Siberian Federal Scientific Centre of Agro-BioTechnologies, Russian Academy of Sciences, 463 P.O. box, Krasnoobsk, Nobosibirsk Oblast, 630501, Russia
Keywords: продовольственная независимость, продовольственная безопасность, продовольственное самообеспечение, оценка, нормы потребления, социальная эколого-экономическая система, провалы рынка, государственная поддержка, государственное регулирование, food sovereignty, food security, food self-sufficiency, assessment, consumption patterns, social eco-economic system, market failures, governmental support, state regulation
Abstract
The article presents a methodology for assessing food sovereignty and food security as exemplified by agro-industrial production in the Siberian Federal District. The assessment of food sovereignty rests upon the official market basket and corresponding consumption patterns approved by the Russian Government, as well as the population size. Official per capita food cons sumption patterns are determined in physical and value terms, regarding the prevailing market prices. We identify the total costs for all food products and compare them with the actual average per capita spending on groceries. In general, food self-sufficiency is not provided if expenses are equal to or greater than the total cost of food products. We show that a social eco-economic system engaged in food production experiences external threats and natural hazards, which leads to risks and losses and, ultimately, changes the system performance indicators. Relying on the methodology designed, the article assesses the level of food self-sufficiency and food security for the SFD population and considers issues of state support and regulation.
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