Serova E. V., Nikulin A. M. “Today, in the rural development, the main goal is to change the paradigm” // The Russian Peasant Studies. 2022. V.7. №3. P. 210-236.
DOI: 10.22394/2500-1809-2022-7-3-210-236
Annotation
In the interview, the famous economist E. V. Serova talks about the features of the life path of the agrarian scientist and describes the stages of her scientific career — studies at the Faculty of Economics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, work at the Agrarian Institute headed by the Academician A. A. Nikonov and in the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Government in the early 1990s, and later in the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The interview pays particular attention to the research directions at the Institute for Agrarian Studies and to the development of agrarian education at the Higher School of Economics. Based on the ideas of randomness and regularity in the choice of the scientific profession, on the meaning of controllability and spontaneity of social-economic processes in the course of agrarian reforms, Serova identifies the system features of the strategic transformations of agriculture and rural development in Russia and abroad, which are related not only to economy but also to policy and culture. At the same time, Serova emphasizes the importance of social institutions and historical-cultural patterns of the rural residents’ behavior, on which the efficiency of the state measures in market transformations largely depends. The final part of the interview focuses on the prospects for the development of agrarian science and education, in particular on the need for a new paradigm for the development of rural areas in Russia.
Keywords
Economics, agrarian science, agricultural policy, agrarian education, transitional economy, agriculture, rural development.
About the authors
Serova Evgeniya V., DSc (Economics), Head of the Institute for Agrarian Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Pokrovsky Blvd., 11, Moscow, 109028, Russia.
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Nikulin Alexander M., PhD (Economics), Heal of the Center for Agrarian Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; Head of the Chayanov Research Center, Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences; Vernadskogo Prosp., 82, Moscow, 119571, Russia.
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Gataulina E.A. On the improvement of the All-Russian Agricultural Census // The Russian Peasant Studies. 2018. V.3. №4. P. 150-167.
DOI: 10.22394/2500-1809-2018-3-4-150-167
Annotation
Under the limited budget resources, there is an urgent task of their effective allocation. Collection and generalization of statistical data is the most important state task for providing a reliable consistent analytical basis for managerial decisions at all levels — from national economy to the enterprise. Censuses are a very expensive statistical method, which explains high demands on conducting them. In particular, they should include such objects, themes and indicators and consider them in such a structure and form that satisfy the information requests of all groups of census data consumers, which, in turn, requires that the groups of beneficiaries are identified and their requests are clear. The article focuses on the ways to increase the practical value of the All-Russian Agricultural Census by comparing its program with the recommendations of the World Agricultural Census of the FAO Round 2020 and the US Agricultural Census. The author argues that the beneficiaries and requests to the All-Russian Agricultural Census were not studied, that is why the Census program, albeit compliant with the FAO recommendations, is similar to the programs of countries with poorly developed statistical systems. The All-Russian Agricultural Census focuses on the structural data (livestock, territories, etc.) every ten years, while agricultural censuses in the developed countries are more frequent, focus on the most requested pricing information, their objects have a cut-off threshold and the tables include a wide range of features of the objects under study. The huge scale of the All-Russian Agricultural Census increases its costs, leads to contradictions with the Rosreestr, and although identifies the severe problem of the unregulated land use does not help to solve it. The author suggests to apply the project approach to the Сensus to change its emphasis from collecting data to the use of its results.
Keywords
All-Russian Agricultural Census, agricultural policy, census objects, management of agro-industrial complex, improvement of statistical data, project approach.
About the author
Gataulina Ekaterina A., PhD (Economics), Senior Researcher, All-Russian Institute for Agrarian Issues and Informatics named after A.A. Nikonov — branch of the Federal Research Center of Agrarian Economy and Social Development of Rural Areas — All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Economics. 105064, Moscow, Bolshoi Kharitonievski Per., 21–1.
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Il’inykh V.A. The star and death of Siberian grassland farming // Russian Peasant Studies. 2016. V.1. №1. P. 93-121
DOI: 10.22394/2500-1809-2016-1-1-93-121
Annotation
В статье рассматриваются попытки внедрения в Сибири травопольной системы земледелия в контексте аграрной политики советского государства и идейно-теоретической борьбы в агрономической науке. В начале ХХ века в Сибири возникла угроза перехода от парозалежной системы земледелия к трехполью, что могло привести к кризису сельского хозяйства региона. К середине 1920-х годов ведущие специалисты земельных органов, партийные и советские руководители края полагали, что предотвратить кризис можно, лишь внедрив травопольную систему земледелия. В начале 1930-х годов от травополья отказались, поскольку предполагаемое увеличение посевов трав противоречило задаче решения зерновой проблемы. Забвение агротехнологических основ земледелия в период коллективизации привело к падению плодородия почв, в связи с чем в 1937 году было принято решение о переходе к травопольной системе в большинстве регионов страны. Прерванное Великой Отечественной войной внедрение травополья возобновилось в конце 1940-х годов. После начала кампании по освоению целины травополье было объявлено малоэффективным и ведущим к сокращению посевов зерновых. В итоге произошел повсеместный отказ от травопольной системы, следствием чего стало сужение кормовой базы животноводства и снижение плодородия почв. После за- вершения целинной кампании возрождения травополья не произошло — ставка была сделана на более интенсивные технологии и химизацию земледелия.
Keywords
agricultural policy, farming systems, grassland farming, agricultural engineering, collective-state farms system, Siberia
About the author
Il’inykh Vladimir A., D. Sc (History), Head of the Department of Agrarian History of the Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences. 8 Akademika Nikolaeva Str., Novosibirsk, 630090.
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