Consumption of basic foodstuffs in the Far Eastern Federal District
T.M. KOMAROVA, E.V. STELMAKH, S.A. SOLOVCHENKOV
Institute for Complex Analysis of Regional Problems, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Birobidzhan, Russia
Keywords: rational nutrition, consumption rates, nutrition typing, per capita income, regions of the Far Eastern Federal District, food production
Abstract
The territory of the Far Eastern Federal District has a variety of natural and climatic conditions that affect the consumption of certain types of food. It is noted that the regions of the district are characterized by a high share of costs (up to 35 %) for the purchase of food. The article considers the structure of consumption of basic foodstuffs in the regions of the Far Eastern Federal District in 2016 and 2021. Based on the analysis of the share of consumption of basic foodstuffs from the standard ones, the regions have been classified by type of consumption: regions with rational nutrition, regions with relatively rational nutrition, regions with poorly rational nutrition, and regions with an irrational type of nutrition. It has been revealed that there are no regions with rational nutrition in the Far Eastern Federal District. The analysis showed that in 2016, more than half of the regions of the Far Eastern Federal District belonged to type 1 (regions with relatively rational nutrition), namely: the Republic of Buryatia, Primorsky, Khabarovsk, Kamchatka and Zabaykalsky krais, and Amur and Sakhalin oblasts; type 2 (regions with poorly rational nutrition) included the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), and Magadan and Jewish autonomous oblasts, and type 3 (regions with irrational nutrition) - Chukotka autonomous okrug. It has been established that in 2021, the number of regions with relatively rational nutrition of the population (type 1) decreased compared to 2016, the Republic of Buryatia and Sakhalin oblast left their number, while Jewish autonomous oblast moved to type 1. Chukotka autonomous okrug remained in type 3. It has been determined that the growth of per capita income in the regions does not lead to a reduction in the share of food costs, but contributes to an increase in the consumption of protein products while reducing the intake of potatoes, bread products and vegetables. It has been revealed that one of the reasons for the low consumption of certain food products is a reduction in own production of agricultural products in the subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District. The need to implement a policy of self-sufficiency in agricultural products that can be produced in the regions of the district, taking into account agroclimatic conditions, has been noted.
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