Russian commodities: Giving investors food for thought

A plentiful supply of cheap, high-quality farmland means Russia may become key in the drive to solve global food shortages.

Black Earth Farming – leader of the revolution?

Russia builds a future for wheat 

Given a plentiful supply of cheap, high-quality farmland, is Russia poised to become a key player in the drive to solve looming global food shortages? Guy Norton reports from Moscow.

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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC dislocation of the 1990s wrought widespread havoc in the Russian countryside and relegated agriculture to a bit part role in the country’s unfolding financial drama. Before the break-up of the USSR in 1991, agriculture in Russia was a big industry, accounting for 15.3%

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