An official website of the European Union How do you know?      
European Commission logo
JRC Publications Repository Menu

The role of the Eurasian wheat belt to regional and global food security

2015Technical reportsAgriculture and food security
cover
Food security remains to be a major societal concern. In the light of the current expectations of population growth, world food production has to be massively increased to sustain the associated food demand rise. While agricultural productivity was rising during recent decades in the US, Europe and also in some developing countries, the corresponding growth rates lately appeared to be slowing down. In fact, the only world region with a significant amount of arable land, which currently is not under cultivation and which at the same time is, moreover, experiencing rising productivity figures, is the so called 'Eurasian wheat belt', comprising of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and the Central Asian countries, namely Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Kirgizstan.

In this light, the Joint Research Centre and the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development organized a thematic workshop, held during 20 – 22 May 2014 in Istanbul/Turkey, set up to bring experts on the matter together and to discuss to what extent these countries could play a role for regional and international food security. Following the workshop analysis and discussion, this report provides a comprehensive technical overview of the wheat production, and the main factors to achieve full production potential across the Eurasian wheat belt with regards to national, regional and global issues of cereal supply and food security in evolving global markets. It reviews key horizontal issues, such as land policy, credit and finance, privatization, farm structures, social consequences of transition, environmental challenges, against the backdrop of agrarian reforms implemented during the transition period. In addition the report explores production potential and corresponding institutional and policy restrictions in a series of Eurasian countries. Finally, the report closes with expert opined policy-relevant conclusions as a basis for policy suggestions and recommendations.
Shagaida N, Yanbykh R, Voigt P, Mishra A, Tripathi A, Wang H, Fellmann T, Araujo Enciso S, Delince J, Salputra G, Santini F, M`barek R, Artavia Oreamuno M, Mary S, Gomez Y Paloma S, Langrell S, Ciaian P. The role of the Eurasian wheat belt to regional and global food security. EUR 27243. Luxembourg (Luxembourg): Publications Office of the European Union; 2015. JRC95580
2015-08-19
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC95580
978-92-79-48247-2
1831-9424
EUR 27243 , OP LF-NA-27243-EN-N
Language Citation
ENGShagaida N, Yanbykh R, Voigt P, Mishra A, Tripathi A, Wang H, Fellmann T, Araujo Enciso S, Delince J, Salputra G, Santini F, M`barek R, Artavia Oreamuno M, Mary S, Gomez Y Paloma S, Langrell S, Ciaian P. The role of the Eurasian wheat belt to regional and global food security. EUR 27243. Luxembourg (Luxembourg): Publications Office of the European Union; 2015. JRC95580
istanbul%20consolidated%20report%20v8.pdf
(2.53 MB - PDF)
Scan me!
      
Show metadata record  Copy citation url to clipboard  Download BibTeX
Items published in the JRC Publications Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Additional information: https://ec.europa.eu/info/legal-notice_en#copyright-notice